Assessment of pathogenic bacteria in water and sediment from a water reservoir under tropical conditions (Lake Ma Vallée), Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6821-6830

  Mwanamoki, Paola M ^a   Devarajan, Naresh ^b,c   Thevenon, Florian ^b   Atibu, Emmanuel K ^d   Tshibanda, Joseph B ^d   Ngelinkoto, Patience ^e   Mpiana, Pius T ^d   Prabakar, Kandasamy ^c   Mubedi, Josué I ^e   Kabele, Christophe G ^a   Wildi, Walter ^b   Poté, John ^b,d,e  

^a Section Nutrition diététique   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c JAMAL MOHAMED COLLEGE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^e Faculté des Sciences de la Santé   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of Congo; Faecal indicator bacteria; Human health risk; Lake Ma Vall e; Microbial contamination; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; TROPICS;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIA; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

SURFACE WATER;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; HEALTH RISK; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH HAZARD; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SANITATION; SEDIMENT; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; BACTERIA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; MICROBIOLOGY; RECREATION; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTION;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KINSHASA; VILLE DE KINSHASA;

PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; RECREATION; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84921689301     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3891-6     Document Type: Article

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