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. 2006 Dec;72(12):7894-6.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.00965-06. Epub 2006 Oct 6.

Quantification and stability of human adenoviruses and polyomavirus JCPyV in wastewater matrices

Silvia Bofill-Mas  1 , Nestor Albinana-Gimenez, Pilar Clemente-Casares, Ayalkibet Hundesa, Jesus Rodriguez-Manzano, Annika Allard, Miquel Calvo, Rosina Girones
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Quantification and stability of human adenoviruses and polyomavirus JCPyV in wastewater matrices

Silvia Bofill-Mas et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Dec.

Abstract

Human adenoviruses (HAdV) and human polyomavirus JCPyV have been previously proposed as indicators of fecal viral contamination in the environment. Different wastewater matrices have been analyzed by applying real-time quantitative PCR procedures for the presence, quantity, and stability of a wide diversity of excreted HAdV and JCPyV. High quantities of HAdV and JCPyV were detected in sewage, effluent wastewater, sludge, and biosolid samples. Both viruses showed high stability in urban sewage. These results confirm the suitability of both viruses as indicators of human fecal viral pollution.

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Stability of HAdV (1a) and JCPyV (1b) in sewage samples. The regression (discontinuous line) and transformed (solid line) values of the averages of GC detected by QPCR in the three samples (sewage) are represented.
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