title: Detection of coliphages and enteroviruses in sewage and aerosol from an activated sludge wastewater treatment plant.
abstract: Coliphages and enteroviruses were monitored over 12 months in sewage and air adjacent to an activated sludge plant. Both showed temporal variation but the mean count of phages in enterovirus-positive samples was not significantly different from that in enterovirus-negative samples. Hence coliphages are not necessarily a good indicator of enteroviruses in sewage and aerosols.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental, Infective and Public Biomedicine, University of Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carducci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arrighi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruschi
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000391:Air Microbiology; D003090:Coliphages / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012621:Seasons; D012722:Sewage / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D012722:Sewage