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Waterborne Viruses Associated With Hepatitis Outbreak
Author(s) -
Bosch Albert,
Lucena Francisco,
Diez José M.,
Gajardo Rodrigo,
Blasi Miquel,
Jofre Juan
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1991.tb07119.x
Subject(s) - outbreak , potable water , virology , hepatitis a , hepatitis a virus , contaminated water , waterborne diseases , contamination , viral hepatitis , attack rate , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , hepatitis , environmental health , medicine , environmental science , virus , environmental engineering , chemistry , environmental chemistry , ecology
Human enteric viruses were isolated from the potable water of a military camp in Spain that was experiencing an outbreak of infectious hepatitis, despite a total chlorine residual in the water of 0.2 mg/L. The bacteriological analysis that was routinely used by the camp showed the water to be consistently free of indicator bacteria. This and other studies support the recommendation of monitoring for viral contamination and the setting up of more powerful water treatment when viruses have been detected in the water supply.