Population
Surface water samples from the Tamagawa River, Japan (n=64 samples from 6 sites)
Design
Other
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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May signal public health risks from contaminated surface water; leaves open validation of the method in diverse settings.
The cation-coated filter method combined with PCR effectively detects human enteric viruses in surface water, revealing a high prevalence of noroviruses and adenoviruses in the Tamagawa River.
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