Detection of emerging and re-emerging pathogens in surface waters close to an urban area.

ABSTRACT: Current knowledge about the spread of pathogens in aquatic environments is scarce probably because bacteria, viruses, algae and their toxins tend to occur at low concentrations in water, making them very difficult to measure directly. The purpose of this study was the development and validation of tools to detect pathogens in freshwater systems close to an urban area. In order to evaluate anthropogenic impacts on water microbiological quality, a phylogenetic microarray was developed in the context of the EU project µAQUA to detect simultaneously numerous pathogens and applied to samples from two different locations close to an urban area located upstream and downstream of Rome in the Tiber River. Furthermore, human enteric viruses were also detected. Fifty liters of water were collected an

SUBMITTER: Marcheggiani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4454982 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature