Adhesion and releasing of Poliovirus to activated sludge of wastewater purifying plants.
Pathogenic enteric viruses are released from infected persons through domestic wastewater to the environment. From that point of view, the knowledge of the viral behavior in wastewater purifying process is important: it is, however, still poorly understood. In this study, we reported the adhesion of Poliovirus to activated sludge samples taken from wastewater purifying plants by using a model system. More than 10(6) particles adhered to one gram (wet) of activated sludge, and the adhered viral particles maintained infectivity for longer period of time and showed higher thermo-resistant than the free viral particles. The adhered viral particles were released by increase of salt concentration or alkaline pH buffer as infectious particles. The data suggest that pathogenic viruses could be enriched and maintain the infectivity in the activated sludge, and released to environments under certain conditions.
Nakajima
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Department of Applied Biological Science, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan. nakajima@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
Uwatoko
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Kobayashi
K
K
Pan
I J
IJ
Iwabuchi
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N
Sunairi
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M
D000327:Adsorption; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D010316:Particle Size; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012722:Sewage / Q000821:virology*; D013696:Temperature; D018508:Water Purification
D012722:Sewage