biostudies-literatureFagnant CSPaul G. Allen Family Foundation (US)574https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5648745biostudies-literatureUnknown189(11)Environmental surveillance of waterborne pathogens is vital for monitoring the spread of diseases, and electropositive filters are frequently used for sampling wastewater and wastewater-impacted surface water. Viruses adsorbed to electropositive filters require elution prior to detection or quantification. Elution is typically facilitated by a peristaltic pump, although this requires a significant startup cost and does not include biosafety or cross-contamination considerations. These factors may pose a barrier for low-resource laboratories that aim to conduct environmental surveillance of viruses. The objective of this study was to develop a biologically enclosed, manually powered, low-cost device for effectively eluting from electropositive ViroCap™ virus filters. The elution device descEnvironmental monitoring and assessmentDevelopment of an elution device for ViroCap virus filters.PMC5648745NPT.1938-603689Shirai JHBoyle DSGuan YOckerman BNovosselov IPowell JZhou NAFagnant CSToles MAdolphsen JMeschke JSfalseDevelopment of an elution device for ViroCap virus filters.Environmental surveillance of waterborne pathogens is vital for monitoring the spread of diseases, and electropositive filters are frequently used for sampling wastewater and wastewater-impacted surface water. Viruses adsorbed to electropositive filters require elution prior to detection or quantification. Elution is typically facilitated by a peristaltic pump, although this requires a significant startup cost and does not include biosafety or cross-contamination considerations. These factors may pose a barrier for low-resource laboratories that aim to conduct environmental surveillance of viruses. The objective of this study was to develop a biologically enclosed, manually powered, low-cost device for effectively eluting from electropositive ViroCap™ virus filters. The elution device desc2017-01-01T00:00:00Z2017 Oct2025-05-29T22:07:33.859Z2025-05-29T22:07:33.859ZS-EPMC56487452904696810.1007/s10661-017-6258-y