Concentration and Detection of Hepatitis A Virus and its Indicator from Seawater

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is the leading worldwide cause of acute viral hepatitis, and its outbreaks often occur from fecal contaminated shellfish. HAV is extremely stable in the environment and can survive 3~10 months in water. In addition, HAV can be bio-concentrated by shellfish by as muc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cormier, Jiemin
Other Authors: Janes, Marlene
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2013
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-11172013-220126/