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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Presence of Human Enteric Viruses, Protozoa, and Indicators of Pathogens in the Bagmati River, Nepal.

Sarmila Tandukar, Jeevan B Sherchand, Dinesh Bhandari, Samendra P Sherchan, Bikash Malla, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Eiji Haramoto

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sarmila TandukarDepartment of Natural, Biotic and Social Environment Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan. sar1234tan@gmail.com.
Jeevan B SherchandInstitute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal. jeevanbsherchand@gmail.com.
Dinesh BhandariInstitute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal. me.dinesh43@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-0979-1406
Samendra P SherchanDepartment of Global Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. sshercha@tulane.edu.
Bikash MallaDepartment of Natural, Biotic and Social Environment Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan. mallabikash@hotmail.com.
Rajani Ghaju ShresthaDepartment of Natural, Biotic and Social Environment Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan. rajani_ghaju12@hotmail.com.
Eiji HaramotoInterdisciplinary Center for River Basin Environment, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan. eharamoto@yamanashi.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-0126-0651
Takeda (Japan) · JPTribhuvan University Teaching Hospital · NPTulane University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantification of waterborne pathogens in water sources is essential for alerting the community about health hazards. This study determined the presence of human enteric viruses and protozoa in the Bagmati River, Nepal, and detected fecal indicator bacteria (total coliforms,

Indexed as

Bagmati Riverenteric virushuman-fecal markerindex virusprotozoa

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PMID29642411
PMCPMC6027487
OpenAlexW2795963940

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