Evaluation and molecular characterization of human adenovirus in drinking water supplies: viral integrity and viability assays

Fongaro, Gislaine; Nascimento, Mariana A do; Rigotto, Caroline; Ritterbusch, Giseli; da Silva, Alessandra D’ A; Esteves, Paulo A; Barardi, Célia R M

To determine the equivalence of the PA viral quantification to the ICC-RT-qPCR value, and also to confirm the ability of these techniques to detect infectious HAdV in each water matrix, decimal dilutions (10 0 to 10 -8 ) of concentrated seeded water samples were created and analyzed.