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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1974 May; 27(5): 920-926
Copyright © 1974 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Environmental Factors Influencing Isolation of Enteroviruses from Polluted Surface Waters

^a Department of Virology and Epidemiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77025

ABSTRACT

The influence of water quality upon the concentration of virus on location was assessed in field studies conducted in the Houston ship channel, Galveston Bay, and Houston waste treatment plants. Clarification of polluted surface waters was accomplished with minimal loss of virus. Virus from clarified sewage effluents and saline waters was then adsorbed and concentrated on textile and membrane filter surfaces. Direct measurements of virus from large volumes of polluted surface waters under existing field conditions were then made using the virus concentrator equipment.

¹ Present address: Department of Microbiology, College of Liberal Arts, University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. 03824.