| incidence of enteric viruses in groundwater from household wells in wisconsin. | recent studies on the contamination of groundwater with human enteric viruses have focused on public water systems, whereas little is known about the occurrence of viruses in private household wells. the objective of the present study was to estimate the incidence of viruses in wisconsin household wells located near septage land application sites or in rural subdivisions served by septic systems. fifty wells in seven hydrogeologic districts were sampled four times over a year, once each season. ... | 2003 | 12571044 |
| vulnerability of drinking-water wells in la crosse, wisconsin, to enteric-virus contamination from surface water contributions. | human enteric viruses can contaminate municipal drinking-water wells, but few studies have examined the routes by which viruses enter these wells. in the present study, the objective was to monitor the municipal wells of la crosse, wisconsin, for enteric viruses and determine whether the amount of mississippi river water infiltrating the wells was related to the frequency of virus detection. from march 2001 to february 2002, one river water site and four wells predicted by hydrogeological modeli ... | 2004 | 15466536 |
| a survey of pediatricians on the reintroduction of a rotavirus vaccine. | rhesus-based rotavirus tetravalent vaccine (rrv-tv; rotashield) was withdrawn voluntarily from the market in october 1999, and recommendations for use were suspended. rotavirus infection continues to be a significant health problem affecting children worldwide. the objective of this study was to investigate whether pediatricians would either reconsider using rrv-tv or consider other, newer, and presumably safer rotavirus vaccines if they were recommended routinely and to determine factors that i ... | 2003 | 12837898 |