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. 2008 Feb 15;74(7):2079–2088. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02495-07

TABLE 2.

Quantities of parasites and viruses spiked inside the RARa

Expt Quantity of organism (units)
Infectious vaccinal poliovirus type 1 (log MPNCU) φX174 (log PFU) MS2 (log PFU) G. lamblia cysts (log units) C. parvum oocysts (log units)
Wastewater 6.57 NAb NA 6.02 6.03
Drinking water 5.04 5.58 6.11 5.84 6.00
a

Total reactor volume is 1 liter.

b

NA, not applicable, as φX174 and MS2 were not inoculated into the RAR during the wastewater experiment.