TABLE 2.
Viruses detected in raw sewage and final effluent samples collected from throughout the coastal United States
| Virus | % Positive (no. of positive samples/total no. of samples)a
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Raw sewage | Final effluent | |
| Adenoviruses | 100 (12/12) | 25 (3/12) |
| Enteroviruses | 75 (9/12) | 8.3 (1/12) |
| Hepatitis B viruses | 0 | ND |
| Herpesviruses | 0 | ND |
| Morbilliviruses | 0 | ND |
| Noroviruses | 58.3 (7/12) | 8.3 (1/12) |
| Papillomaviruses | 0 | ND |
| Picobirnaviruses (genotype 1) | 100 (12/12) | 33 (4/12) |
| Reoviruses | 0 | ND |
| Rotaviruses (group A) | 0 | ND |
a
Positive results for targeted viruses were those with a PCR product of the expected size and BLASTN hit in GenBank with an E value of ≤0.001. ND, not determined.