title: Viruses in sewage as an indicator of their presence in the community.
abstract: The results of a three year study of the viruses isolated from sewage by means of five tissue culture types are reported. The enteroviruses identified demonstrated a seasonal pattern which was similar to that of clinical isolates. Echoviruses and coxsackieviruses displayed a changing pattern of dominant serotypes in both sewage and clinical isolates; echovirus 6, 19, 3 and coxsackievirus B4, B5, A9 successively became the most common serotypes. The poliovirus in sewage was all vaccine-like in character. Reovirus, type 2 was abundant; adenovirus, of several serotypes, were the least often identified.
mesh_terms: D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012722:Sewage; D013997:Time Factors; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage