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Detection and characterization of waterborne gastroenteritis viruses in urban sewage and sewage-polluted river waters in Caracas, Venezuela.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2009
Rodríguez-Díaz J, Querales L, Caraballo L, Vizzi E, Liprandi F, Takiff H, Betancourt W Q
Abstract excerpt
The detection and molecular characterization of pathogenic human viruses in urban sewage have been used extensively to derive information on circulating viruses in given populations throughout the world. In this study, a similar approach was applied to provide an overview of the epidemiology of waterborne gastroenteritis viruses circulating in urban areas of Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela in South...
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