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One-year Surveillance of Human Enteric Viruses in Raw and Treated Wastewaters, Downstream River Waters, and Drinking Waters
Human enteric viruses are a major cause of waterborne diseases, and can be transmitted by contaminated water of all kinds, including drinking and recreational water. The objectives of the present study were to...
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Hepatitis A and E Viruses in Wastewaters, in River Waters, and in Bivalve Molluscs in Italy
Several studies have reported the detection of hepatitis A (HAV) and E (HEV) virus in sewage waters, indicating a possibility of contamination of aquatic environments. The objective of the present study was t...
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Frequent and Abundant Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Detection in Urban Wastewaters in Italy
Viruses strongly associated with human cancer have recently been detected in urban sewages and other water environments worldwide. The aim of the present study was to assess the presence of Merkel cell polyoma...
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Hepatitis E virus genotypes 1 and 3 in wastewater samples in Tunisia
Hepatitis E represents an important public-health concern throughout the world. It is one of the leading causes of hepatitis in North Africa, Asia and the Middle East. In Tunisia, the true burden of HEV infec...
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Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Hepatitis A Virus in Wastewaters in Tunisia
Hepatitis A causes substantial morbidity in both industrialized and non-industrialized countries and represents an important health problem in several southern Mediterranean countries. The objectives of the st...
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GIV Noroviruses in Wastewaters and in Stool Specimens from Hospitalized Patients
Noroviruses (NoVs) are important human pathogens associated with foodborne and waterborne gastroenteritis. These viruses are genetically highly heterogeneous, with more than forty genotypes within three genogr...
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Detection of genogroup IV noroviruses in environmental and clinical samples and partial sequencing through rapid amplification of cDNA ends
Noroviruses (NoVs) give rise to clinically relevant gastroenteritis in all age groups and are widely distributed in both clinical and environmental settings. NoVs are classified into five genogroups (GI to GV)...
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Detection and Quantification of Human Adenoviruses in Surface Waters by Nested PCR, TaqMan Real-Time PCR and Cell Culture Assays
Adenoviruses are emerging pathogens which may represent new indicators of microbial water quality. In the present study, environmental samples of seawater, estuarine water, and influents of sewage treatment pl...
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Experimental Infection of Calves with Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus Type-2 (BVDV-2) Isolated from a Contaminated Vaccine
A non-cytopathic strain of BVDV-2 was isolated from a batch of live infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) vaccine, and inoculated intranasally into four 3-month-old calves. Severe signs of disease developed ...
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Genetic Heterogeneity of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus In Italy
The genetic characteristics, of 38 field isolates of bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) collected in 1999 from sick or healthy and persistently infected cattle of dairy farms situated in northern Italy, were ...
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Enteric viruses in a wastewater treatment plant in Rome
Over the course of a year a series of samples were taken from a wastewater treatment plant handling domestic sewage at each stages of the process, to detect the presence of enteric viral and classical bacteria...
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Enteric virus pollution of tyrrhenian areas
63 samples (53 seawater and 10 estuarine water samples) of 20 L were obtained during a bathing season from 47 seawater stations and from 1 estuarine station. To determine viral pollution, all samples were subj...
