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Deteção de vírus entéricos em amostras de água natural superficial e de água pa...
Salvador, Daniel; Caeiro, Maria; Aguilar, Joana; Benoliel, Maria João; Neto, CéliaWater-related infectious diseases are important causes of morbidity and mortality. Enterovirus and Hepatitis A and E viruses are, among others, representative of the enteric viruses, which are disease-causing agents mainly transmitted by the oral-fecal route, through water. The objective of this study is to search for enteric viruses by reverse transcription followed by Real-time PCR (RT-qPCR), in samples of na...
Monitoring waterborne pathogens in surface and drinking waters : are water trea...
Salvador, Daniel; Caeiro, Maria; Serejo, Fátima; Nogueira, Paulo Jorge; Carneiro, Rui Neves; Neto, CéliaMonitoring the quality of water is a requisite to prevent outbreaks related to waterborne diseases, predominantly caused by pathogens like enteric viruses, usually transmitted via the fecal-oral route. This study aimed to survey a group of enteric viruses (Enterovirus, Norovirus genogroups I and II, and hepatitis A virus) in two surface water sources of drinking water, also intending to evaluate the extent of t...