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[Occurrence and detection of viruses in drinking water]
1Abteilung für Allgemeine Hygiene und Umwelthygiene, Universität Tübingen.
Immunitat Und Infektion
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
Viruses can pass disinfection steps of water treatment plants without being inactivated. Investigations during the last 15 years revealed repeatedly the presence of enteric viruses in finished water meeting standards for coliform bacteria. Methods for the detection of viruses in water which implicate their growth on specific cell cultures are very time consuming and do not cover many viral species. Molecular detection methods including PCR techniques may help in the development of alternate methods for virus detection particularly in drinking water which usually does not contain PCR inhibiting factors.