Assessment of airborne virus contamination in wastewater treatment plants

Environmental Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 260-265

  Masclaux, Frédéric G ^a   Hotz, Philipp ^b   Gashi, Drita ^b   Savova Bianchi, Dessislava ^a   Oppliger, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Bioaerosol; Hepatitis E virus; Norovirus; Occupational health; Sewage

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENOME; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGEN; SYMPTOM; VIRUS; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ADENOVIRUS; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE VIRUS; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUMMER; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PARTICLE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WINTER;

ADENOVIRUS; BIOAEROSOL; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEWAGE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ENDOTOXINS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84903391232     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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