Sunlight inactivation of human viruses and bacteriophages in coastal waters containing natural photosensitizers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1870-1878

  Silverman, Andrea I ^a   Peterson, Britt M ^b   Boehm, Alexandria B ^c   McNeill, Kristopher ^b   Nelson, Kara L ^a  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; EXPOSED TO; FULL-SPECTRUM; HUMAN VIRUS; INACTIVATION MECHANISMS; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; MONITORING WATER QUALITY; NATURAL PHOTOSENSITIZER; NATURAL WASTEWATER TREATMENTS; NATURAL WATERS; POLIOVIRUS; REACTIVE INTERMEDIATE; SOLAR DISINFECTION; SOLAR SIMULATOR; WATER COMPOSITION; WATER MATRICES;

MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; SINGLET OXYGEN;

BACTERIOPHAGE; COASTAL ZONE; DISINFECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS 2; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; PH; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; SALINITY; SIMULATOR; SUNLIGHT; VIRUS INACTIVATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIOPHAGE PRD1; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEVIVIRUS; OXYGEN; POLIOVIRUS; SALINITY; SUNLIGHT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84874087076     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3036913     Document Type: Article

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