Fate of Human Noroviruses in Shellfish and Water Impacted by Frequent Sewage Pollution Events

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 8377-8385

  Campos, Carlos J A ^a   Avant, Justin ^a   Gustar, Nicole ^a   Lowther, James ^a   Powell, Andy ^a   Stockley, Louise ^a   Lees, David N ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLLUSCS; OUTFALLS; SEWAGE; SHELLFISH; STORMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT; CONTAMINATION PROFILES; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING SITES; SEWAGE POLLUTIONS; STORMWATER DISCHARGES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS;

WATER POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; RAIN; STORM WATER; WATER; SEWAGE;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GASTROENTERITIS; HARVESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OYSTER CULTURE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEWAGE; SEWAGE OUTFALL; SHELLFISH; VIRUS; WATER POLLUTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; OYSTER; RIVER; SALINITY; SEWAGE; TIDE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ENGLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SHELLFISH; VIROLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; OSTREIDAE;

ANIMALS; ENGLAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SHELLFISH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84937468062     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01268     Document Type: Article

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