A simple method for the detection of low concentration of viruses in large volumes of water by the membrane filter technique

1969 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 399-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. U. Rao ◽  
N. A. Labzoffsky
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Natural Waters ◽  
Membrane Filter ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Combination Method ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Poliovirus Type ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Virus Dose

A simple prefilter pad – membrane filter combination method is described for the detection and quantitation of low concentrations of virus in natural waters. The data obtained indicate that in surface water experimentally contaminated with poliovirus type 1 (Mahoney strain), more than 50% of the initial virus dose is recovered. The method is practical, efficient, and can be used in field studies. It was clearly demonstrated that the prefilter pad (AP25), when used by itself will adsorb viruses. A certain concentration of electrolytes (200 p.p.m. Ca2+) is necessary in water to prevent the loss of virus in filtrate when filtering is done through the membrane filter.

scholarly journals Comparative sensitivities of Sabin and Mahoney poliovirus type 1 prototype strains and two recent isolates to low concentrations of glutaraldehyde.

1997 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 3199-3204 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Chambon ◽  
C Jallat-Archimbaud ◽  
J L Bailly ◽  
J M Gourgand ◽  
F Charbonne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Poliovirus Type ◽  
Low Concentrations

Correlation of virus polypeptide structure with attenuation of poliovirus type 1.

1977 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 811-815 ◽  
Author(s):  
J B Milstien ◽  
J R Walker ◽  
L J Eron
Keyword(s):  
Poliovirus Type ◽  
Polypeptide Structure

Biochemical characterization of poliovirus type 1 temperature-sensitive mutants

Virology ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Bellocq ◽  
Henri Agut ◽  
Sylvie Van Der Werf ◽  
Marc Girard
Keyword(s):  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Temperature Sensitive ◽  
Poliovirus Type ◽  
Temperature Sensitive Mutants

Antigenic conservation and divergence between the viral-specific proteins of poliovirus type 1 and various picornaviruses

Virology ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilio A. Emini ◽  
William A. Schleif ◽  
Richard J. Colonno ◽  
Eckard Wimmer
Keyword(s):  
Poliovirus Type ◽  
Specific Proteins

scholarly journals Excretion of Wild-Type and Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus in the Feces of Poliovirus Receptor-Transgenic Mice

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (11) ◽  
pp. 6541-6545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hein J. Boot ◽  
Daniella T. J. Kasteel ◽  
Anne-Marie Buisman ◽  
Tjeerd G. Kimman
Keyword(s):  
Transgenic Mice ◽  
Oral Polio Vaccine ◽  
Fecal Excretion ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Genetic Determinants ◽  
Poliovirus Type ◽  
Oral Transmission ◽  
Polio Vaccine ◽  
Poliovirus Receptor

ABSTRACT The emergence of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) strains in suboptimally vaccinated populations is a serious threat to the global poliovirus eradication. The genetic determinants for the transmissibility phenotype of polioviruses, and in particularly of cVDPV strains, are currently unknown. Here we describe the fecal excretion of wild-type poliovirus, oral polio vaccine, and cVDPV (Hispaniola) strains after intraperitoneal injection in poliovirus receptor-transgenic mice. Both the pattern and the level of fecal excretion of the cVDPV strains resemble those of wild-type poliovirus type 1. In contrast, very little poliovirus was present in the feces after oral polio vaccine administration. This mouse model will be helpful in elucidating the genetic determinants for the high fecal-oral transmission phenotype of cVDPV strains.

Study of Red Halophilic Bacteria in Solar Salt and Salted Fish: II. Bacto-oxgall as a Selective Agent for Differentiation

1956 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. P. Dussault
Keyword(s):  
Halophilic Bacteria ◽  
Partial Identification ◽  
Selective Medium ◽  
Selective Agent ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Solar Salt ◽  
Salted Fish ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Fish Samples

A simple method, based on oxgall tolerance, is proposed for differentiating red halophilic bacteria commonly found in solar salt and discoloured salted codfish. Tests carried out on 18 strains isolated from various sources have shown that the rod forms are inhibited by low concentrations of Bacto-oxgall and that the coccus forms tolerate relatively high ones. Bacto-oxgall can thus be used as the basis of a simple selective medium. This test has been found useful for the isolation, purification and partial identification of unidentified strains and also for determining the relative proportions of the two main types of red halophilic bacteria present in solar salt and salted fish samples.

On methodological approaches to the improvement of surface water bodies and target indicators of the natural waters’ quality

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-14
Author(s):  
V. Zaslonovsky ◽  
◽  
N. Sharapov ◽  
M. Bosov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Natural Water ◽  
Aquatic Ecosystems ◽  
Natural Waters ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Surface Water Bodies ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Natural Water Bodies

The paper is devoted to the development of proposals concerning the improvement of surface water bodies and the appointment of target indicators of the natural waters’ quality. The paper considers a variety of problems of preserving, restoring and improving the quality of natural surface waters: from regional features of the formation of natural water composition, to differences in the requirements for the quality of water consumed. The object of the study is the qualitative indicators of the waters of natural water bodies, and the subject of the study is the methodological approaches to the normalization of these indicators. The purpose of the work is to identify the main shortcomings in the domestic system of rationing the quality of natural waters, and to form appropriate proposals. For this purpose, the following tasks were set and solved: to review the methodological approaches to assessing and rationing the quality of natural waters used in some foreign countries and in the Russian Federation, to identify the main causes and shortcomings; to make proposals for improving the current system of water quality rationing. The result of this work is the conclusions about the lack of impact of the strategy operating in Russia in the development of schemes of complex use and protection of water objects, standards of permissible impact on water bodies, the appointment of permissible discharge limits in terms of maintaining and improving the water quality of natural water bodies. The reasons that led to this are indicated. The necessity of taking into account, in addition to the physical and chemical composition, also hydrobiological parameters is shown. It is concluded that instead of fisheries management standards, environmental standards should serve as the basis for target indicators of water quality of natural water bodies, which determine the well-being of humans and the stable functioning of aquatic ecosystems, taking into account regional factors. Proposals were made to adjust the methodological approaches to the implementation of this strategy. According to the authors, these proposals will speed up the solution of the main objectives of the strategy – the ecological improvement of water bodies, the preservation of unique aquatic ecosystems and the environmentally safe development of territories that previously experienced relatively small anthropogenic impacts (Eastern Siberia and the Far East)

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