Environmental Surveillance. An Additional/Alternative Approach for Virological Surveillance in Greece?

The detection of viruses in the sewage of an urban city by nucleic acid amplification techniques allows the identification of the viral strains that are circulating in the community. The aim of the study was the application of such detection which gives useful data on the distribution, spread, and f...

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Main Authors: Apostolos Vantarakis, Alexis Galanis, Stella Kolla, Sevasti Filippidou, Danai Meri, Panos Ziros, Petros Kokkinos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-06-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/8/6/1914/