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Foodborne Viruses and Somatic Coliphages Occurrence in Fresh Produce at Retail from Northern Mexico
Foodborne disease outbreaks linked to consumption of vegetables have been often attributed to human enteric viruses, such as Norovirus (NoV),...
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Coliphages as Indicators for the Microbial Quality of Treated Wastewater Effluents
Wastewater effluents are a reliable water source for non-potable water reuse including unrestricted crop irrigation in arid regions suffering from...
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Evaluation of New Components in Modified Scholten’s Medium for the Detection of Somatic Coliphages
Enteric bacteriophages (somatic coliphages, F-specific coliphages or both together) are now recognized as useful viral indicators in water,...
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Decay of infectious adenovirus and coliphages in freshwater habitats is differentially affected by ambient sunlight and the presence of indigenous protozoa communities
BackgroundSanitary quality of recreational waters worldwide is assessed using fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), such as Escherichia coli and...
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Male-Specific and Somatic Coliphage Profiles from Major Aquaculture Areas in Republic of Korea
Human and animal feces are important sources of various types of microbial contamination in water. Especially, enteric viruses, the major agents of...
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Bioaccumulation Dynamic by Crassostrea gigas Oysters of Viruses That Are Proposed as Surrogates for Enteric Virus Contamination in Environmental Samples
Oysters are filter-feeders and retain sewage-derived pathogens in their organs or tissues. Since most enteric viruses involved in outbreaks cannot...
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Environmental Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater and Groundwater in Quintana Roo, Mexico
The presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA in wastewater has been reported as a result of fecal shedding of...
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Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as Indicator of Pollution: Assessment of Prevalence and Concentration in Different Water Environments in Italy
Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV), a plant pathogenic virus belonging to the family Virgoviridae, has been proposed as a potential viral indicator for...
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DNA Repair and Mutagenesis in Vertebrate Mitochondria: Evidence for Asymmetric DNA Strand Inheritance
A variety of endogenous and exogenous factors induce chemical and structural alterations in cellular DNA in addition to the errors occurring...
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Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water and Wastewater Viral Disinfection. A Systematic Review
Water and wastewater virological quality is a significant public health issue. Viral agents include emerging and re-emerging pathogens characterized...
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Occurrence of Pepper Mild Mottle Virus (PMMoV) in Groundwater from a Karst Aquifer System in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
The Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico hosts a karst aquifer system that is the only source of freshwater for the area; however, it is vulnerable to...
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Persistent Norovirus Contamination of Groundwater Supplies in Two Waterborne Outbreaks
Microbiological contamination of groundwater supplies causes waterborne outbreaks worldwide. In this study, two waterborne outbreaks related to...
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How Fiber Breakage Reduces Microorganism Removal in Ultrafiltration for Wastewater Reclamation
Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes are increasingly being used for wastewater reclamation treatment for their high removal of pathogens and suspended...
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Evaluation Techniques of the Chemical and Microbiological Water Quality in the Coastal Environment
Historically, many people live in coastlines, the social importance of the coastal environments has increased especially because of economic...
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Somatic Coliphage Profiles of Produce and Environmental Samples from Farms in Northern México
Somatic coliphages were quantified in 459 produce and environmental samples from 11 farms in Northern Mexico to compare amounts of somatic coliphages...
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Preliminary Source Tracking of Male-Specific (F+) RNA Coliphage on Lettuce as a Surrogate of Enteric Viruses Using Reverse Transcription-PCR
The aim of this research was to preliminary track fecal source male-specific F + RNA coliphages including human and animals in lettuce. At first, two...
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Persistence of Viruses by qPCR Downstream of Three Effluent-Dominated Rivers in the Western United States
This study was designed to determine the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) signal persistence of viruses in three effluent-dominated...
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Evaluation of Bacterial Contamination as an Indicator of Viral Contamination in a Sedimentary Aquifer in Uruguay
In Uruguay, groundwater is frequently used for agricultural activities, as well as for human consumption in urban and rural areas. As in many...
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Removal of Surrogate Bacteriophages and Enteric Viruses from Seeded Environmental Waters Using a Semi-technical Ultrafiltration Unit
Experiments to determine the removal of viruses in different types of water (surface water from two reservoirs for drinking water treatment, treated...
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Occurrence of Noroviruses and Their Correlation with Microbial Indicators in Raw Milk
This study was conducted to investigate the microbiological quality of raw cow’s milk in a collection center in the city of Mashhad, Iran. A total of...
