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 …

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 …

• 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 …

There is no question that water may transmit pathogenic viruses. In fact, epidemiological
data on the incidence of water-borne viral diseases probably fail to reflect the true extent of …

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 …

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 …

Viruses present in water might be harmful for human health and life. Nowadays over 100
pathogenic human virus species occur in water polluted with sewage. Chlorination, which is …

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 …

Only a few decades ago, viruses could be detected only occasionally in flowing sewage and
there seemed little reason for great preoccupation with the water vehicle in the transmission …

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 …