Frequent and Abundant Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Detection in Urban Wastewaters in Italy

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Di Bonito, P ^a   Libera, S Della ^a   Petricca, S ^a   Iaconelli, M ^a   Accardi, L ^a   Muscillo, M ^a   La Rosa, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Merkel cell polyomavirus; Surveillance; Wastewater; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ITALY; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; URBAN AREA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; CLASSIFICATION; DEVICES; GENETICS; HEALTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

SEWAGE; VIRUS DNA; WASTE WATER;

DNA, VIRAL; ITALY; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; URBAN HEALTH; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84925502724     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-014-9168-y     Document Type: Article

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