Removal of Surrogate Bacteriophages and Enteric Viruses from Seeded Environmental Waters Using a Semi-technical Ultrafiltration Unit

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 173-182

  Frohnert, Anne ^a   Kreißel, Katja ^b   Lipp, Pia ^b   Dizer, Halim ^a   Hambsch, Beate ^b   Szewzyk, Regine ^a   Selinka, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b DVGW Technologiezentrum Wasser   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Enteric viruses; Ultrafiltration; Wastewater contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939958580     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-015-9190-8     Document Type: Article

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