Opportunistic pathogens in roof-captured rainwater samples, determined using quantitative PCR

Water Research

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 361-369

  Ahmed, W ^a   Brandes, H ^a,b   Gyawali, P ^a,c   Sidhu, J P S ^a   Toze, S ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fecal indicator bacteria; Health risks; Opportunistic pathogens; Quantitative PCR; Roof captured rainwater

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOFS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; CULTURE-BASED METHODS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT (QMRA); QUANTITATIVE PCR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

POTABLE WATER;

RAIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAINWATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOF;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TANK; WATER SAMPLING;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; HEALTH RISKS; OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; ROOF-CAPTURED RAINWATER;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUEENSLAND; RAIN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84893935547     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

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