Norovirus and FRNA bacteriophage determined by RT-qPCR and infectious FRNA bacteriophage in wastewater and oysters

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5222-5231

  Flannery, John ^a   Keaveney, Sinéad ^a   Rajko Nenow, Paulina ^a   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^b   Doré, William ^a  

^a MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

FRNA bacteriophage; Norovirus; Oysters; RT qPCR; UV disinfection; Virus removal; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; GENES; MOLLUSCS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECLAMATION; SHELLFISH;

COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; FRNA BACTERIOPHAGE; INFECTIOUS VIRUS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NOROVIRUSES; OYSTER; RT-QPCR; UV DISINFECTION; VIRUS REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIVALVE; DETECTION METHOD; DISINFECTION; GASTROENTERITIS; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DISINFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REDUCTION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE GA; NOROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE;

FRNA BACTERIOPHAGE; NOROVIRUS; OYSTERS; RT-QPCR; UV DISINFECTION; VIRUS REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NOROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84883309377     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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