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. 2019 Mar 21;11(2):184–192. doi: 10.1007/s12560-019-09378-0

Table 1.

Percent recoveries of transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) and hepatitis A virus (HAV) seeded in 5-L surface water samples employing adsorption onto glass wool and different elution procedures

Elution Virus
TGEV HAV
Adsorption Elution Adsorption Elution
pH 9.5; 10 mina 71.6 2.6 59.6 7.2
pH 11.0; 10 min 51.4 28.8 50.2 33.1
pH 11.0; O/N 62.9 37.4 52.8 34.3
pH 11.0 + Tween 80 0.3%; O/N 42.7 100.0 45.6 86.7
Average adsorption (mean ± SE) 57.1 ± 6.3 52.1 ± 2.9

The composition of the elution buffer was 0.05 M glycine with 3% of beef extract

O/N overnight, SE standard error

aStandard elution procedure