title: Enteroviruses in recreational waters of Northern Ireland.
abstract: Virus surveillance of Northern Ireland recreational waters, between April 1986 and May 1989 demonstrated widespread enteroviral contamination of coastal and inland waters. In 1986, enteroviruses were detected in 4 of 46 (8.7%) water samples, collected from 6 coastal bathing waters. In 1987, 49 of 107 (45.8%) samples, from 16 coastal bathing waters, yielded enteroviruses; 33 of the enterovirus positive samples passed one or both of the coliform standards outlined by the European Economic Community (EEC) bathing water directive (76/160/EEC). Enteroviruses were also detected in 33 of 39 (84.6%) samples tested from 3 inland recreational waters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Queen's University, Belfast, N. Ireland.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Coyle
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Connolly
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001493:Bathing Beaches; D002460:Cell Line; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D009660:Northern Ireland; D011998:Recreation; D014871:Water Microbiology