Comparison of concentration methods for quantitative detection of sewage-associated viral markers in environmental waters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2042-2049

  Ahmed, W ^a,b   Harwood, V J ^c   Gyawali, P ^a,d   Sidhu, J P S ^a,b,d   Toze, S ^a,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; MEMBRANES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECOVERY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; VIRUSES; WATER QUALITY;

CONCENTRATION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; INHIBITORY COMPOUNDS; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; QUANTITATIVE DETECTION; RIVER WATER SAMPLES; VIRUS CONCENTRATION METHODS; WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUCLEIC ACID; PATHOGEN; SEWAGE; ULTRAFILTRATION; VIRUS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS C; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYOMAVIRUS;

ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; BIOMARKERS; HUMANS; POLYOMAVIRUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84924692192     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03851-14     Document Type: Article

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