Journal
JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 287-294Publisher
IWA PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2019.303
Keywords
adenovirus; gastroenteritis; real time PCR; sewage; WWTP
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Incidence of enteric viruses in sewage, the efficacy of wastewater treatment plants to remove these viruses, and health effects from their release into the surface water are very important environmental issues in the microbiology field. One of the most pathogenic enteric viruses is adenovirus which can cause a serious disease such as gastroenteritis with low grade fever and mild dehydration in humans. In this study we performed qualitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of HAdV on 60 stool samples from children with acute gastroenteritis admitted to Abu-Rish hospital and 96 environmental samples (32 raw sewage, 32 treated sewage, 32 sewage sludge) collected from Zenin wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). HAdV were detected in 17 (28.3%) of stool, 27 (84.4%) of raw sewage, 16 (50%) of treated sewage and 25 (78%) of sludge samples. The viral concentrations were in the range of 2.02 x 10(6)-7.23 x 10(6), 8.7 x 10(5)-4.3 x 10(6), 1.22 x 10(4)-3.7 x 10(6) and 1.48 x 10(6)-1.77 x 10(7) GC/mL in stool, raw sewage, treated sewage, and sludge, respectively. HAdV was detected throughout the whole year of sample collection. Moreover, our results suggested that males were more susceptible to adenovirus infections than females. The results indicate that the high incidence of HAdV in the treated sewage may cause adverse health effects.
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