detection of enteric viruses in sewage sludge and treated wastewater effluent. | sewage sludge and treated wastewater when contaminated with enteric virus and discharged into the environment, could pose a human health risk. the aim of study was to verify the presence and viability of enteric viruses in sewage sludge and treated wastewater at a local sewage plant in florianopolis city, brazil. sewage sludge was concentrated by organic flocculation and polyethylene glycol precipitation and wastewater by electronegative membrane filtration and ultrafiltration by centriprep conc ... | 2010 | 20107281 |
[enteropathogens associated with diarrheal disease in infants (< 5 years old) in a population sample in greater metropolitan criciúma, santa catarina state, brazil]. | enteropathogens were investigated in 94 children with diarrhea and 45 age-matched controls, 0 to 5 years old, attending an outpatient unit in criciúma, santa catarina state, brazil. cryptosporidium (85.1%) topped the list of parasite isolates, followed by entamoeba histolytica (56.4%) and giardia lamblia (4.3%). four samples contained enteropathogenic escherichia coli (4.3%). samonella and shiguella were not detected. only one sample contained rotavirus (1.1%). | 2003 | 12973585 |
assessment of adenovirus, hepatitis a virus and rotavirus presence in environmental samples in florianopolis, south brazil. | to assess the presence of human adenovirus (hadv), hepatitis a (hav) virus and rotavirus a (rv-a) in environmental samples from the southern region of brazil and to provide viral contamination data for further epidemiological studies and governmental actions. | 2010 | 20698910 |