Water quality was assessed at two marine beaches in California (USA) by measuring culturable fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) concentrations, library-independent microbial source tracking (MST) methods targeting human-associated microbes (human polyomaviruses PCR and qPCR, Methanobrevibacter smithii PCR, Bacteroides HF183 PCR) and a human pathogen (adenovirus by nested PCR). FIB levels periodical...

Water quality was assessed at two marine beaches in California by measuring the concentrations of culturable fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) and by library-independent microbial source tracking (MST) methods targeting markers of human-associated microbes (human polyomavirus [HPyV] PCR and quantitative PCR, Methanobrevibacter smithii PCR, and Bacteroides sp. strain HF183 PCR) and a human pathogen...

During the 2014-15 influenza season, 13/168 respiratory samples from students with influenza-like illness (ILI) at a college in New York, USA, were positive for human adenovirus (HAdV); 4/13 samples were positive for HAdV-B14p1. During influenza season, HAdV should be included in the differential diagnostic panel used to determine the etiology of ILI.