Emerging and potentially emerging viruses in water environments

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 397-406

  La Rosa, Giuseppina ^a   Fratini, Marta ^a   Della Libera, Simonetta ^a   Iaconelli, Marcello ^a   Muscillo, Michele ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Emerging; Recreational water; Viruses; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84872009859     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_12_04_07     Document Type: Article

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