Phages of bacteroides (GB-124): A novel tool for viral waterborne disease control?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1163-1169

  Ebdon, James E ^a   Sellwood, Jane ^b   Shore, Jane ^b   Taylor, Huw D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEROIDES; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; HUMAN ENTERIC VIRUS; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PATHOGENIC VIRUS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POTENTIAL RISKS; RECEIVING WATERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS; TREATED EFFLUENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER-BORNE DISEASE;

COMPUTER VIRUSES; DISEASE CONTROL; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH RISKS; MICROORGANISMS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; CORRELATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIVITY; PATHOGENICITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; VIRUS; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; VIRUS INFECTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BACTEROIDES; CITIES; HUMANS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTEROIDES; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 84855934664     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202874p     Document Type: Article

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