Concentration of enteroviruses, adenoviruses, and noroviruses from drinking water by use of glass wool filters.

Concentration of Enteroviruses, Adenoviruses, and Noroviruses from Drinking Water with Glass Wool Filters

Eukaryotic viruses in wastewater samples from the United States.

Human fecal matter contains a large number of viruses, and current bacterial indicators used for monitoring water quality do not correlate with the presence of pathogenic viruses. Adenoviruses and enteroviruses have often been used to identify fecal pollution in the environment; however, other viruses shed in fecal matter may more accurately detect fecal pollution. The purpose of this study was...

Application of cation-coated filter method to detection of noroviruses, enteroviruses, adenoviruses, and torque teno viruses in the Tamagawa River in Japan.

The occurrence of human enteric viruses in surface water in the Tamagawa River, Japan, was surveyed for 1 year, from April 2003 to March 2004. Sixty-four samples were collected from six sites along the river, and 500 ml of the sample was concentrated using the cation-coated filter method, which was developed in our previous study. This method showed recovery yields of 56% +/- 32% (n = 37) for s...

New electropositive filter for concentrating enteroviruses and noroviruses from large volumes of water.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's information collection rule requires the use of 1MDS electropositive filters for concentrating enteric viruses from water, but unfortunately, these filters are not cost-effective for routine viral monitoring. In this study, an inexpensive electropositive cartridge filter, the NanoCeram filter, was evaluated for its ability to concentrate enteroviruses ...

Viral gastroenteritis in children.

Gastroenteritis is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide and accounts for 2 to 3 million deaths per year with most occurring in young children in developing countries. The causes of gastroenteritis in children vary with the location, time of year, and population studied. Bacterial and parasitic gastrointestinal infections have decreased in frequency as a...