Quantification and molecular characterisation of human sapoviruses in water sources impacted by highly polluted discharged wastewater in South Africa | Zendy

Tanya Murray | Zendy; Maureen B. Taylor | Zendy

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Quantification and molecular characterisation of human sapoviruses in water sources impacted by highly polluted discharged wastewater in South Africa

Author(s) -

Tanya Murray,

Maureen B. Taylor

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of water and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1996-7829

pISSN - 1477-8920

DOI - 10.2166/wh.2015.255

Subject(s) - wastewater , water source , environmental science , veterinary medicine , water resource management , waste management , environmental engineering , medicine , engineering

Sapoviruses (SaVs) were detected and quantified in 8/10 water samples collected from wastewater treatment works (WWTWs) and water sources impacted by these WWTWs in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The median SaV concentration was 2.45 × 106 copies/L and SaV genotypes I.2 and IV were characterised. This study provides new data on the high concentrations of clinically relevant SaVs in rivers and dams impacted by poor-performing WWTWs.

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