1. Surveillance of human enteric viruses in coastal waters using concentration with methacrylate monolithic supports prior to detection by RT-qPCR.
- Author
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Gonçalves J, Gutiérrez-Aguirre I, Balasubramanian MN, Zagorščak M, Ravnikar M, and Turk V
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- Enterobacteriaceae isolation & purification, Environmental Monitoring instrumentation, Feces microbiology, Feces virology, Humans, Mediterranean Sea, Methacrylates chemistry, Norovirus genetics, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Recreation, Rotavirus genetics, Seawater microbiology, Slovenia, Wastewater microbiology, Wastewater virology, Environmental Monitoring methods, Norovirus isolation & purification, Rotavirus isolation & purification, Seawater virology, Water Microbiology standards
- Abstract
This is the first surveillance study using methacrylate monolithic supports to concentrate environmental coastal water samples, prior to molecular target detection by RT-qPCR. Rotaviruses (RoV) and Noroviruses (NoV) were monitored in a polluted area at the Bay of Koper (Gulf of Trieste, Northern Adriatic Sea) and at a nearby bathing area and mussel farm areas. RoV and NoV are released into the Bay of Koper, with higher rates close to the discharge of the wastewater treatment plant, however, they can be detected at recreational and mussel farming areas. Our results showed that water bodies considered safe based on FC concentrations, can still have low, yet potentially infective, concentrations of human viruses., (Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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