Seasonality of enteric viruses in groundwater-derived public water sources

Sorensen, James; Aldous, P. J.; Bunting, S.Y.; McNally, Susan; Townsend, Barry R.; Barnett, Megan J.; Harding, Tessa; Ragione, Roberto M. La; Stuart, Marianne; Tipper, Holly J.; Pedley, Steve

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117813

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“…It appears that the persistence of viruses and host susceptibility may be enhanced at cold temperatures, and this likely contributes to the high numbers of viral outbreaks and illnesses during wintertime [281]. Sorensen et al (2021) detected the presence of different viruses in groundwater-derived public water systems using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) or reverse transcriptase qPCR (RT-qPCR) and found that the enteric viruses were most prevalent during November and January. Noroviruses and rotavirus are mainly responsible for viral illnesses in winter months, whereas hepatitis viruses cause illnesses during the year, with the greatest illnesses occurring in the summer semester (June to August) [282].…”

Section: Viral Foodborne Outbreaks and Illnessesmentioning

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Common and Potential Emerging Foodborne Viruses: A Comprehensive Review

Olaimat,

Taybeh,

Al-Nabulsi

et al. 2024

Life

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Human viruses and viruses from animals can cause illnesses in humans after the consumption of contaminated food or water. Contamination may occur during preparation by infected food handlers, during food production because of unsuitably controlled working conditions, or following the consumption of animal-based foods contaminated by a zoonotic virus. This review discussed the recent information available on the general and clinical characteristics of viruses, viral foodborne outbreaks and control strategies to prevent the viral contamination of food products and water. Viruses are responsible for the greatest number of illnesses from outbreaks caused by food, and risk assessment experts regard them as a high food safety priority. This concern is well founded, since a significant increase in viral foodborne outbreaks has occurred over the past 20 years. Norovirus, hepatitis A and E viruses, rotavirus, astrovirus, adenovirus, and sapovirus are the major common viruses associated with water or foodborne illness outbreaks. It is also suspected that many human viruses including Aichi virus, Nipah virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, H5N1 avian influenza viruses, and coronaviruses (SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV) also have the potential to be transmitted via food products. It is evident that the adoption of strict hygienic food processing measures from farm to table is required to prevent viruses from contaminating our food.

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Section: Viral Foodborne Outbreaks and Illnessesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Common and Potential Emerging Foodborne Viruses: A Comprehensive Review

Olaimat,

Taybeh,

Al-Nabulsi

et al. 2024

Life

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“…pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products; see Knee and Paytan, 2011;Szymczycha et al, 2020) and biological pollutants (pathogenic germs such as bacteria and viruses; see e.g. Kyle et al, 2008;Sorensen et al, 2021). In particular, the effects of FSGD-driven inputs of chemical/biological pollutants on coastal areas remain largely unknown.…”

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Ideas and perspectives: Land-ocean connectivity through groundwater

Arévalo‐Martínez

Haroon

Bange

et al. 2022

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Abstract. For millennia humans have gravitated towards coastlines for their resource potential and as geopolitical centres for global trade. A basic requirement ensuring water security for coastal communities relies on a delicate balance between the supply and demand of potable water. The interaction between freshwater and saltwater in coastal settings is, therefore, complicated by both natural and human-driven environmental changes at the land-sea interface. In particular, ongoing sea level rise, warming and deoxygenation might exacerbate such perturbations. In this context, an improved understanding of the nature and variability of groundwater fluxes across the land-sea continuum is timely, yet remains out of reach. The flow of terrestrial groundwater across the coastal transition zone as well as the extent of freshened groundwater below the present-day seafloor are receiving increased attention in marine and coastal sciences because they likely represent a significant, yet highly uncertain component of (bio)geochemical budgets, and because of the emerging interest in the potential use of offshore freshened groundwater as a resource. At the same time, “reverse” groundwater flux from offshore to onshore is of prevalent socio-economic interest as terrestrial groundwater resources are continuously pressured by overpumping and seawater intrusion in many coastal regions worldwide. An accurate assessment of the land-ocean connectivity through groundwater and its potential responses to future anthropogenic activities and climate change will require a multidisciplinary approach combining the expertise of geophysicists, hydrogeologists, (bio)geochemists and modellers. Such joint activities will lay the scientific basis for better understanding the role of groundwater in societal-relevant issues such as climate change, pollution and the environmental status of the coastal oceans within the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Here, we present our perspectives on future research directions to better understand land-ocean connectivity through groundwater, including the spatial distributions of the essential hydrogeological parameters, highlighting technical and scientific developments, and briefly discussing its societal relevance in rapidly changing coastal oceans.

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“…SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in both wastewater ( Elsamadony et al, 2021 ; La Rosa et al, 2021 ; Mota et al, 2021 ) and surface water ( Guerrero-Latorre et al, 2020 ). Additionally, various enteric viruses, such as adenovirus (AdV), enterovirus (EV), norovirus (NoV), hepatitis A virus (HAV) and rotavirus (RV), have been found in diverse aquatic environments ( Borchardt et al, 2012 ; Wong et al, 2012 ; Ye et al, 2012 ; Mackowiak et al, 2018 ; Sedji et al, 2018 ; Chacon et al, 2020 ; Sorensen et al, 2021 ; Garcia et al, 2022 ). For example, AdV, EV, and NoV GⅠ were shown to be present in municipal wastewater at concentrations up to 7.91–9.00 log 10 copies L −1 ( da Silva et al, 2007 ; Hewitt et al, 2011 ; O'Brien et al, 2017 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, AdV, EV, and NoV GⅠ were shown to be present in municipal wastewater at concentrations up to 7.91–9.00 log 10 copies L −1 ( da Silva et al, 2007 ; Hewitt et al, 2011 ; O'Brien et al, 2017 ). Abundances of up to 7.17 log 10 copies L −1 were reported for EV in surface water ( O'Brien et al, 2017 ), and NoV GⅠ was even detected in ground water at a concentration of 3.98 log 10 copies L −1 ( Sorensen et al, 2021 ). Viruses in water can spread through its discharge and use, thereby posing threats to human health.…”

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confidence: 99%