Human health implications of clinically relevant bacteria in wastewater habitats

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3550-3569

  Varela, Ana Rita ^a   Manaia, Célia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Clinically relevant bacteria; Virulence; Wastewater; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HEAVY METAL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GENE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HEALTH RISK; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; VIRULENCE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; RIVER; VIRULENCE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LAKES; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; VIRULENCE; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84878107046     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1594-0     Document Type: Review

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