2014
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-014-9138-4
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Abstract: Buffalo River is an important water resource in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The potential risks of infection constituted by exposure to human enteric viruses in the Buffalo River and three source water dams along its course were assessed using mean values and static quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA). The daily risks of infection determined by the exponential model [for human adenovirus (HAdV) and enterovirus (EnV)] and the beta-Poisson model (for hepatitis A virus (HAV) and rotavirus… Show more

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“…Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is endemic in SA [4]. Recent studies have shown HAV contamination of water sources in SA [5]. Transmission of HAV occurs early in life where sanitation is inadequate and overcrowding is common [6].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is endemic in SA [4]. Recent studies have shown HAV contamination of water sources in SA [5]. Transmission of HAV occurs early in life where sanitation is inadequate and overcrowding is common [6].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…We believe that it is very important to select temperatures that assess the real conditions that occur in the real environment. Comparison techniques based on genome detection (qPCR) and infectivity (cell culture) are also important because risk assessment studies based on genomic copy detection are encouraged [24-28], and other studies have reported that free chlorine can damage genetic material [29,30]. …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similar findings were reported by who reported on the seasonal and spatio-temporary distribution of faecal indicator bacteria in Tyume River in the Eastern Cape Province. The presence of adenoviruses and some RNA viruses including hepatitis A virus, norovirus and rotavirus in surface waters impacted by sewage effluent discharges has been reported in Tyume River Okoh 2012, 2013) and in Buffalo River (Chigor and Okoh 2012;Chigor et al 2014), both in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Mans et al (2013) also reported the isolation of norovirus genogroup (G) I and GII in three rivers namely Klip, Suikerbosrand and Rietspruit in Gauteng Province of South Africa while Osuolale and Okoh (2015) detected adenoviruses in final effluents of four wastewater treatment plants in the Eastern Cape Province, providing evidence that urban wastewater effluents are the likely source of pathogens in urban-based streams and rivers.…”
Section: Infectious Disease Agentsmentioning
confidence: 98%