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Occurrence of hand-foot-and-mouth disease pathogens in domestic sewage and secondary effluent in Xi'an, China.
Microbes and environments - 1 Jan 2012
Ji Zheng, Wang Xiaochang, Zhang Chongmiao, Miura Takayuki, Sano Daisuke, Funamizu Naoyuki, Okabe Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), caused by a group of enteric viruses such as Enterovirus 71 (EV71), Coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16) and Coxsackievirus A10 (CVA10), is heavily epidemic in East Asia. This research focused on investigating the occurrence of HFMD pathogens in domestic sewage and secondary effluent before disinfection in a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Xi'an, the largest megacity in northwest...
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