Ecosystems continue to experience degradation worldwide, with diminishing ecosystem
services presenting unfavourable outlooks for all aspects of human wellbeing including …

Human enteric viruses are among the main causative agents of shellfish-associated
outbreaks. In this study, the kinetics of viral bioaccumulation in live oysters and the heat …

Freshwater environments are the main ecosystems subjected to various anthropogenic
impacts, which have caused the waterborne transmission of diseases caused mainly by …

The aim of this study was to assess the viral contamination of group A rotavirus (RVA),
norovirus (NoV), and human astrovirus (HAstV) in sewage directly discharged into Uruguay …

Plastic materials have many destinies on the environment, and one of them is its continuous
fragmentation, originating microplastics (MP). MP act as an adsorption surface for organic …

This study was conducted to evaluate the microbiological quality of a mangrove estuary in
the Vitória Bay region, Espírito Santo, Brazil. We analyzed the presence and concentration …

Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a significant cause of child mortality worldwide. In Brazil,
despite the reduction in infant mortality achieved in recent years, many children still die …

Rotavirus (RV) is the major etiological agent of acute gastroenteritis in infants worldwide.
Although high-pressure processing (HPP) is a popular method to inactivate enteric …

Rotavirus is a common cause of acute diarrhea in young children worldwide. This study
investigated the prevalence and molecular characterization of rotavirus in environmental …

In recent years, annual cases of gastroenteritis have been reported in the world at high
rates, suggesting an association with the consumption of shellfish with enteric viruses in …