Viruses in Nondisinfected Drinking Water from Municipal Wells and Community Incidence of Acute Gastrointestinal Illness
Author(s) -
Mark A. Borchardt,
Susan K. Spencer,
Burney A. Kieke,
Elisabetta Lambertini,
Frank J. Loge
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1104499
Subject(s) - tap water , incidence (geometry) , norovirus , infectivity , echovirus , virus , virology , diarrhea , biology , enterovirus , transmission (telecommunications) , veterinary medicine , medicine , environmental science , physics , optics , electrical engineering , environmental engineering , engineering
Groundwater supplies for drinking water are frequently contaminated with low levels of human enteric virus genomes, yet evidence for waterborne disease transmission is lacking.
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