Tracing enteric pathogen contamination in sub-Saharan African groundwater

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 538, Issue , 2015, Pages 888-895

  Sorensen, J P R ^a   Lapworth, D J ^a   Read, D S ^b   Nkhuwa, D C W ^c   Bell, R A ^a   Chibesa, M ^d   Chirwa, M ^c   Kabika, J ^c   Liemisa, M ^d   Pedley, S ^e  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d Lukanga Water and Sewerage Company Limited   (Zambia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enteric bacterial pathogens; Quantitative PCR; Sub Saharan Africa; Thermotolerant coliforms; Tryptophan like fluorescence; Urban

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOILS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

COLIFORMS; ENTERIC BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; URBAN;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; GROUND WATER; RNA 16S;

BIOMARKER; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DNA; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECAL COLIFORM; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ZAMBIA; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [ZAMBIA]; KABWE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84941110315     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.119     Document Type: Article

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