Population
Fresh water from nine sources seeded with enteric viruses (poliovirus, echovirus type 12)
Comparison
Exposure to natural freshwater microorganisms… vs Sterilized creek water or water treated to…
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Freshwater bacterial enzymes may limit echovirus environmental persistence; leaves open their impact on waterborne transmission risk.
Enteric viruses are inactivated in fresh water by proteolytic bacterial enzymes that cleave viral proteins.
Ward et al. (1986) studied this question.
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