Waterborne gastroenteritis and viral hepatitis

Gerba, Charles P.; Rose, Joan B.; Singh, Som Nath; Farrah, Samuel R.

doi:10.1080/10643388509381732

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“…Several waterborne outbreaks have been documented (Gerba et al 1985;Williams and Akin 1986) and the virus isolated from sewage sludges (Gerba 1986). …”

Section: B Virusesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hazards from Pathogenic Microorganisms in Land-Disposed Sewage Sludge

Straub

Pepper

Gerba

1993

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

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“…Several waterborne outbreaks have been documented (Gerba et al 1985;Williams and Akin 1986) and the virus isolated from sewage sludges (Gerba 1986). …”

Section: B Virusesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Rotaviruses are now recognized as a major cause of childhood gastroenteritis, sometimes resulting in dehydration and death in infants and adults (Gerba et al 1985). Several waterborne outbreaks have been documented (Gerba et al 1985;Williams and Akin 1986) and the virus isolated from sewage sludges (Gerba 1986).…”

Section: B Virusesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hazards from Pathogenic Microorganisms in Land-Disposed Sewage Sludge

Straub

Pepper

Gerba

1993

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

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119

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“…A brief synopsis of current views on marine virus ecology was recently provided by Furhman (91). The distribution and survival of human and animal pathogenic enteroviruses in aquatic environments are not covered herein, since detection and distribution of human disease-causing viruses in natural waters have been extensively reviewed elsewhere (99,103,104,112,182).…”

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Virioplankton: Viruses in Aquatic Ecosystems

Wommack

Colwell

2000

Microbiol Mol Biol Rev

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108

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SUMMARY The discovery that viruses may be the most abundant organisms in natural waters, surpassing the number of bacteria by an order of magnitude, has inspired a resurgence of interest in viruses in the aquatic environment. Surprisingly little was known of the interaction of viruses and their hosts in nature. In the decade since the reports of extraordinarily large virus populations were published, enumeration of viruses in aquatic environments has demonstrated that the virioplankton are dynamic components of the plankton, changing dramatically in number with geographical location and season. The evidence to date suggests that virioplankton communities are composed principally of bacteriophages and, to a lesser extent, eukaryotic algal viruses. The influence of viral infection and lysis on bacterial and phytoplankton host communities was measurable after new methods were developed and prior knowledge of bacteriophage biology was incorporated into concepts of parasite and host community interactions. The new methods have yielded data showing that viral infection can have a significant impact on bacteria and unicellular algae populations and supporting the hypothesis that viruses play a significant role in microbial food webs. Besides predation limiting bacteria and phytoplankton populations, the specific nature of virus-host interaction raises the intriguing possibility that viral infection influences the structure and diversity of aquatic microbial communities. Novel applications of molecular genetic techniques have provided good evidence that viral infection can significantly influence the composition and diversity of aquatic microbial communities.

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“…Hepatitis A virus, Norwalk virus, and rotavirus have been implicated as causes of ground water disease outbreaks (Gerba et al, 1985). The most frequently reported source of contamination in outbreaks involving ground water is overflow or seepage of sewage from septic tanks.…”

Section: Enteric Viruses In Ground Watermentioning

confidence: 99%

Drinking Water Microbiology

McFeters¹

1990

Brock/Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience

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Waterborne gastroenteritis and viral hepatitis

Cited by 46 publications

References 109 publications

Hazards from Pathogenic Microorganisms in Land-Disposed Sewage Sludge

Hazards from Pathogenic Microorganisms in Land-Disposed Sewage Sludge

Virioplankton: Viruses in Aquatic Ecosystems

Drinking Water Microbiology

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