Persistence of Ebola Virus in Sterilized Wastewater

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 245-249

  Bibby, Kyle ^a,b   Fischer, Robert J ^c   Casson, Leonard W ^a   Stachler, Elyse ^a   Haas, Charles N ^d   Munster, Vincent J ^c  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEWAGE; VIRUSES;

DOMESTIC SEWAGE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIQUID WASTES; POTENTIAL EXPOSURE; PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH; VIRAL PARTICLES; WASTEWATER COMPOSITION; WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE;

DISEASES;

EID: 84969132649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00193     Document Type: Article

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