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. 1981 Apr;86(2):217–225. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400068947

Viruses in sewage as an indicator of their presence in the community.

J Sellwood, J V Dadswell, J S Slade
PMCID: PMC2133870  PMID: 6257783

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.

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