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| Vieira,Regine Helena Silva dos Fernandes; Rodrigues,Dália dos Prazeres; Menezes,Everardo A.; Evangelista,Norma Suely de Santana; Reis,Eliane M.F. dos; Barreto,Leopoldo Melo; Gonçalves,Flávia Araújo. |
| The presence of faecal contamination and pathogenic microorganisms in samples of dry and wet sand collected from three major beaches in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil: (Praia do Mucuripe, Praia do Futuro and Praia do Caça e Pesca), during the period of May 1999 to January 2000 was evaluated. Praia do Caça e Pesca had the highest incidence of E. coli in dry sand (56%) followed by Praia do Mucuripe (28%) and Praia do Futuro (16%). In wet sand, results were 48%, 28% and 24% for Praia do Caça e Pesca, Praia do Futuro and Praia do Mucuripe, respectively. Only two samples from Praia do Futuro, one from dry sand and another one from wet sand, were positive for Salmonella. V. parahaemolyticus was isolated from four samples from Praia do Caça e Pesca (two from... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Sand contamination; Yeasts; Faecal coliforms; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Salmonella. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822001000200001 |
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