1. Introduction rman, 1999), only contaminating human viruses have ever been associated
with illness in seafood consum-Two fundamental properties of viruses limit the ers. Viral …

The safety of drinking water is evaluated by the results obtained from faecal indicators
during the stipulated controls fixed by the legislation. However, drinking-water related illness …

Wastewater Microbiology focuses on microbial contaminants found in wastewater, methods
of detection for these contaminants, and methods of cleansing water of microbial …

In response to the emergence of pathogenic bacteria that cannot be treated with current
antibiotics, many researchers are revisiting the use of bacteriophages, or phages, to fight …

Sunlight inactivation rates of somatic coliphages, F-specific RNA bacteriophages (F-RNA
phages), and fecal coliforms were compared in seven summer and three winter survival …

Management of faecal contamination of water would be improved if sources could be
accurately identified through water analysis. Human faeces are generally perceived as …

Solid or semisolid matrices polluted with fecal remnants can be highly loaded with
pathogens, especially viruses, and play a substantial role in the persistence and dispersion …

Shellfish production areas are often located in shallow estuarine and coastal systems
impacted by fluxes of faecal indicator organisms (FIOs) that exhibit extreme spatial and …

The distribution of the concentration of potential indicators of fecal viral pollution in shellfish
was analyzed under diverse conditions over 18 months in diverse geographical areas …

Shellfish can be responsible of outbreaks of infectious diseases and current health
measures do not guarantee the absence of viral pathogens in this product. Here we …