Various and divergent approaches that have been used to concentrate and assay viruses
from tap water and environmental freshwaters are summarized and briefly explained. The …

One of the major problems facing environmental health officials in regard to water quality is
related principally to the unavailability of reliable and standard methods to concentrate …

• What are the research priorities with respect to viruses in drinking water? In an attempt to
answer these questions, we will review the available literature on the monitoring of viruses …

Publisher Summary Viruses in water are usually present in concentrations too low for
detection by direct analysis. Virological investigation of water samples is always a multi …

Drinking water supplies which meet international recommendations for source, treatment
and disinfection were analysed. Viruses recovered from 100 L-1,000 L volumes by in-line …

Viruses in the Water Environment: An Underestimated Problem Page 1 Viruses in the Water
Environment: An Underestimated Problem MS Mahdy Because minute quantities of viruses …

Various methods for the detection of small quantities of viruses in large volumes of water
have recently been developed, but no controlled comparison on virus recovery of these …

A variety of methods have been proposed, developed, and evaluated for detecting viruses,
especially human enteric viruses, in water, wastewater, and other environmental samples …

Public health assessments of water-associated virus problems require highly sensitive
methods for the separation and recovery of low numbers of virus from large volumes of …

During the last decade, with the amelioration of the detection methods and the increasing
number of studies on the subject, the isolation of viruses in treated drinking water has been …