title: [Human viruses in the coastal environment of a Croatian harbor].
abstract: The authors submit the results of a survey on the viral pollution of the costal environment in the vicinity of a Croatian harbour on the northern Adriatic sea. The presence of human viruses was established in 22% of the sea water samples, 54% of the fluffy sediments samples, 44% of the sandy sediments samples and 26% of the batches of shell-fishes. Hepatitis A virus and rotavirus antigens determined by immuno-electro-osmophoresis made up 76.3% and 15.2% of the positive results respectively, whereas the coxsackieviruses, the echoviruses and the polioviruses isolated on cell culture made up 8.5% of the remaining results together. The analysis of several specimens of different nature taken simultaneously gave a better vision of the viral pollution.
authors.affiliation: Institut de santé publique de la République Croate, Département de virologie, Zagreb.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cecuk
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kruzic
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Turkovic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grce
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017523:Croatia; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D008974:Mollusca / Q000382:microbiology; D012623:Seawater; D014776:Virus Cultivation; D014780:Viruses / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral
vernacular_title: Présence de virus humains dans l'environnement côtier d'un port croate.