Quantitative PCR-based detection of pathogenic Leptospira in Hawai'ian coastal streams

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 637-646

  Viau, Emily J ^a   Boehm, Alexandria B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging pathogen; Leptospirosis; Recreational water; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; COASTAL WATER; EMERGENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOME; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SALINITY; STREAMWATER; SURVIVAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTEROIDALES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LAND USE; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING MARKER; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; STREAM (RIVER); TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAWAII; LEPTOSPIRA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDALES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA; RATTUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84856064067     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2011.064     Document Type: Article

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