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ArticleVirology journal2011

Effective detection of human adenovirus in Hawaiian waters using enhanced PCR methods.

Hsin-I Tong, Yuanan Lu

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Article in Virology journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hsin-I TongDepartments of Public Health Sciences and Microbiology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
Yuanan Lu
University of Hawaii System · US

Funding

Research Project 1: Ciguatera-Dinoflagellate Nutrient Profile and EcologyP50ES012740 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI HEMSCHEIDT, THOMAS · 2004 to 2008
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NIEHS NIH HHS P50ES012740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe current criteria for recreational water quality evaluation are primarily based on measurements of fecal indicator bacteria growth. However, these criteria often fail to predict the presence of waterborne human pathogenic viruses. To explore the possibility of direct use of human enteric viruses as improved human fecal contamination indicators, human adenovirus (HAdV) was tested as a model in this study.

findingsIn order to establish a highly sensitive protocol for effective detection of HAdV in aquatic environments, sixteen published PCR primer sets were re-optimized and comparatively evaluated. Primer sets nehex3deg/nehex4deg, ADV-F/ADV-R, and nested PCR primer sets hex1deg/hex2deg and nehex3deg/nehex4deg were identified to be the most sensitive ones, with up to 1,000 fold higher detection sensitivity compared to other published assays. These three PCR protocols were successfully employed to detect HAdV in both treated and untreated urban wastewaters, and also in 6 of 16 recreational water samples collected around the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

conclusionsFindings from this study support the possible use of enteric viruses for aquatic environmental monitoring, specifically for the essential routine monitoring of Hawaiian beach waters using the optimized PCR protocol to detect HAdV at certain water sites to ensure a safe use of recreational waters.

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Water MicrobiologyAdenoviruses, HumanDNA PrimersDNA, ViralHawaiiHumansPolymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificityVirologyDNA PrimersDNA, Viral

Identifiers

PMID21303549
PMCPMC3045892
OpenAlexW2021881295

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