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. 2009 Apr 3;75(11):3379–3388. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02302-08

TABLE 4.

Concentrations of HPyVs, E. coli, enterococci, and fecal coliforms in human waste samplesa

Sourceb Mean copies of HPyV ml −1 ± SD Mean CFU ml −1 ± SD
E. coli Enterococci Fecal coliforms
Raw sewage influent* (3.0 ± 1.7) × 104 A (4.6 ± 1.8) × 104 B (2.5 ± 0.9) × 104 A (7.4 ± 4.3) × 104 C
Septic tank pump truck samples* (1.1 ± 1.0) × 104 D (3.1 ± 1.9) × 103 D,E (1.5 ± 1.1) × 103 E (3.0 ± 2.0) × 104 F
Individual septic tanks* (1.4 ± 1.6) × 104 G,H,I (9.7 ± 9.1) × 103 G,J,K (5.8 ± 7.8) × 103 H,J (3.5 ± 2.7) × 104 I,K
Dechlorinated teritary-treated WWTP effluent† (1.2 ± 2.5) × 10−1 L,M (2.0 ± 1.4) × 10−2 L,N (1.8 ± 1.2) × 10−1 O (8.4 ± 4.5) × 10−2 M,N,O
a

Values in the same row followed by the same capital letter (i.e., A through O) are not statistically different at P < 0.05.

b

*, repeated-measures ANOVA was used to determine statistical significance. †, nonparametric repeated-measures ANOVA was used to determine statistical significance.