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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025

Optimized Aluminum Hydroxide Adsorption-Precipitation for Improved Viral Detection in Wastewater.

Karla Farmer-Diaz, Makeda Matthew-Bernard, Sonia Cheetham, Kerry Mitchell, Calum N L Macpherson, Maria E Ramos-Nino

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Karla Farmer-DiazDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, St. George's University, St George P.O Box 7, Grenada.ORCID 0009-0003-7612-2901
Makeda Matthew-BernardDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, St. George's University, St George P.O Box 7, Grenada.
Sonia CheethamDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, St George P.O Box 7, Grenada.ORCID 0000-0002-0878-1222
Kerry MitchellDepartment of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, St. George's University, St George P.O Box 7, Grenada.ORCID 0000-0002-0150-8303
Calum N L MacphersonSchool of Graduate Studies, St. George's University, St George P.O Box 7, Grenada.ORCID 0000-0002-2733-7856
Maria E Ramos-NinoDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, St. George's University, St George P.O Box 7, Grenada.ORCID 0000-0002-4976-5333

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St George's University SGRI 22002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a valuable tool for monitoring pathogen spread in communities; however, current protocols mainly target non-enveloped viruses. This study addresses the need for standardized methods to detect both enveloped and non-enveloped viruses by testing four aluminum hydroxide adsorption-precipitation techniques. Wastewater samples were spiked with an enveloped virus surrogate (Φ6 bacteriophage) and a non-enveloped virus surrogate (MS2 coliphage), and viral recovery was assessed using reverse-transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). The highest recovery for the enveloped virus was achieved with AlCl

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Aluminum HydroxideVirusesWastewaterAdsorptionChemical PrecipitationLevivirusAluminum HydroxideWastewateraluminum concentrationenveloped virusesnon-enveloped virusesviral concentrationswastewaterwastewater-based epidemiology

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PMID40003374
PMCPMC11855335

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