Relationship Between Indicators of Fecal Pollution in Shellfish-growing Water and the Occurrence of Human Pathogenic

E Martinez-Manzanares1, M A Moriñigo1, D Castro1

  • 1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, 29071-Malaga, Spain.

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