Detection of Vibrio cholerae in environmental waters including drinking water reservoirs of Azerbaijan

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-38

  Rashid, Ahmadov ^a   Haley, Bradd J ^b   Rajabov, Mukhtar ^a   Ahmadova, Sevinj ^a   Gurbanov, Shair ^a   Colwell, Rita R ^b,c,d,e   Huq, Anwar ^b,f  

^a Ministry of Health   (Azerbaijan)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; AZERBAIJAN; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEA; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AZERBAIJAN; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; LOGISTIC MODELS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84873323477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2012.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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