Concentration and Recovery of Viruses from Water: A Comprehensive Review

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 41-67

  Ikner, Luisa A ^a   Gerba, Charles P ^b   Bright, Kelly R ^b  

^a Antimicrobial Test Laboratories   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Detection; Elution; Filtration; Viruses in water; Water

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; DRINKING WATER; MACROGOL; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAINLESS STEEL; WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ADENOVIRUS; ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COXSACKIE VIRUS; ECHO VIRUS; ENTERIC VIRUS; FILTER; FLOW RATE; INFECTION RISK; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MEMBRANE FILTER; NANOFILTER; NONHUMAN; PH; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOVIRUS; REVIEW; SURFACE CHARGE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; FILTRATION; HUMANS; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84862132208     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-012-9080-2     Document Type: Review

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