A review on recent progress in the detection methods and prevalence of human enteric viruses in water

E Haramoto, M Kitajima, A Hata, JR Torrey, Y Masago… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Waterborne human enteric viruses, such as noroviruses and adenoviruses, are excreted in
the feces of infected individuals and transmitted via the fecal-oral route including …

Sewage surveillance for SARS-CoV-2: molecular detection, quantification, and normalization factors

P Mazumder, S Dash, R Honda, C Sonne… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus–2 (SARS-CoV-2) in
wastewater systems provides a primary indication of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

Relative abundance and treatment reduction of viruses during wastewater treatment processes—identification of potential viral indicators

M Kitajima, BC Iker, IL Pepper, CP Gerba - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Waterborne pathogenic viruses discharged from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) pose
potential public health risks. In the present study, we investigated the relative abundance …

Concurrence of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), viruses, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in ambient waters of Guwahati, India: Urban …

M Kumar, B Ram, R Honda, C Poopipattana… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Multi-drug resistant microbes, pathogenic viruses, metals, and pharmaceuticals and
personal care products (PPCPs) in water has become the crux of urban sustainability issues …

Occurrence of pepper mild mottle virus in drinking water sources in Japan

E Haramoto, M Kitajima, N Kishida… - Applied and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) is a plant virus that has been recently proposed as a
potential indicator of human fecal contamination of environmental waters; however …

Occurrence of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and Cyclospora in influent and effluent water at wastewater treatment plants in Arizona

M Kitajima, E Haramoto, BC Iker, CP Gerba - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
We investigated the occurrence of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and Cyclospora at two
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in Arizona over a 12-month period, from August 2011 …

Application of UV light–emitting diodes to adenovirus in water

K Oguma, S Rattanakul, JR Bolton - Journal of Environmental …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
A ring-shaped disinfection apparatus has been developed containing twenty ultraviolet-light-
emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) with emission at 285 nm. The apparatus was applied to …

Performance evaluation of human-specific viral markers and application of pepper mild mottle virus and crAssphage to environmental water samples as fecal pollution …

B Malla, R Ghaju Shrestha, S Tandukar… - Food and Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Monitoring of environmental water is crucial to protecting humans and animals from possible
health risks. Although numerous human-specific viral markers have been designed to track …

[HTML][HTML] Application of capsid integrity (RT-) qPCR to assessing occurrence of intact viruses in surface water and tap water in Japan

VD Canh, S Torii, H Furumai, H Katayama - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Capsid integrity (RT-) qPCR has recently been developed to discriminate between intact
forms from inactivated forms of viruses, but its applicability to identifying integrity of viruses in …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence and levels of enteric viruses in groundwater of private wells in rural Alberta, Canada

X Pang, T Gao, Y Qiu, N Caffrey, J Popadynetz… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The prevalence and levels of enteric viruses in untreated groundwater of private wells used
for drinking and/or agricultural practices in rural Alberta were studied using the qPCR panel …