To ensure the safety of wastewater reuse for irrigation of food crops and drinking water
pathogenic viruses must be reduced to levels that pose no significant risk. To achieve this …

The use of recycled or reclaimed water for direct or indirect potable uses is increasing
because of water scarcity. Wastewater contains pathogens that are capable of causing …

Detection of waterborne enteric viruses is an essential tool in assessing the risk of
waterborne transmission. Cell culture is considered a gold standard for detection of these …

Viruses are very small microorganisms that are parasites of human, animals, bacteria, and
plants. In water, the only viruses that can be a health risk for man or animals are the enteric …

For centuries man, with his own excreta, contaminated the water he drank, often causing ill
health or death to those who drank it. The significance of water in the transmission of …

• 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 …

Abstract Treatment of wastewater for potable reuse requires the reduction of enteric viruses
to levels that pose no significant risk to human health. Advanced water treatment trains (eg …

Reclaimed water use is an important component of sustainable water resource
management. However, there are concerns regarding pathogen transport through this …

The reliability of wastewater reclamation and reuse to meet a given annual risk of infection,
considering the variability of enteric virus concentrations, has been investigated. Two …

Since the beginning of environmental virology in the mid‐twentieth century, a key challenge
to scientists in the environmental field has been how to collect, isolate and detect pathogenic …