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1Yale University, 9 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT 06511, USA. Jordan.Peccia@yale.edu.
Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts
|September 12, 2014
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Human adenovirus diversity in sewage sludge was assessed by Ion Torrent sequencing and annotation of partial adenovirus hexon genes. The most abundant species identified were HAdV-C (average 78%) and -B (average 20%), which are associated with respiratory infections. These findings reinforce the necessity to consider aerosol exposure to sewage-derived pathogens.
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