Numerous viruses of human or animal origin can spread in the environment and infect
people via water and food, mostly through ingestion and occasionally through skin contact …

The quality of surface waters/groundwater of a geographical region can be affected by
anthropogenic activities, land use patterns and fecal pollution sources from humans and …

Aims To evaluate and compare the reductions of human viruses and F‐specific coliphages
in a full‐scale wastewater treatment plant based on the quantitative PCR (qPCR) and plate …

Recent studies have shown the increasing interest of F-specific RNA phage genotyping to
identify major sources of faecal contamination in waters. This study, conducted in a river …

This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between FRNA coliphages (FRNA GI to GIV)
and human enteric viruses (human adenoviruses, HAdV, astroviruses, AstV, noroviruses …

The potential use of specific somatic coliphage taxonomic groups as viral indicators based
on their persistence and prevalence in water was investigated. Representative type strains …

We previously demonstrated that genotyping followed by proper statistical analyses of F plus
(F+)-specific RNA coliphages can effectively represent fecal origins of either humans or …

A real-time, reverse transcription-PCR (RT-qPCR) assay was developed to differentiate the
four genogroups of male-specific ssRNA coliphages (FRNA)(family Leviviridae). As FRNA …

ABSTRACT F-specific RNA phages (FRNAPHs) are considered potential viral indicators of
water pollution due to their occurrence and stability in water environments. However, their …

ABSTRACT F-specific (F+) RNA phages are widely used as indicators for the presence of
fecal contamination and/or enteric viruses in water, and identifying subgroups of F+ RNA …