Occurrence of Viruses and Protozoa in Drinking Water Sources of Japan and Their Relationship to Indicator Microorganisms

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 93-101

  Haramoto, Eiji ^a   Kitajima, Masaaki ^b   Kishida, Naohiro ^c   Katayama, Hiroyuki ^d   Asami, Mari ^c   Akiba, Michihiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drinking water source; Indicator microorganism; Protozoa; Public health; Virus

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAPOVIRUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; COLIPHAGES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GIARDIA; HUMANS; JAPAN; RNA, VIRAL; SAPOVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84865740782     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-012-9082-0     Document Type: Article

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