Total coliforms as an indicator of human enterovirus presence in surface water across Tianjin city, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Enteric viruses in surface water pose considerable risk to morbidity in populations living around water catchments and promote outbreaks of waterborne diseases. However, due to poor understanding of the correlation between water quality and the presence of human enteric viruses, the failure to assess viral contamination through alternative viral indicators makes it difficult to control disease transmission.

Methods

We investigated the occurrence of Enteroviruses (EnVs), Rotaviruses (HRVs), Astroviruses (AstVs), Noroviruses GII (HuNoVs GII) and Adenoviruses (HAdVs) from Jinhe River over 4 years and analyzed their correlation with physicochemical and bacterial parameters in water samples.

Results

The findings showed that all target viruses were detected in wa

SUBMITTER: Miao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211496 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature