Bacteriophages as indicators of enteric viruses and public health risk in groundwaters

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Low concentrations of all types of bacteriophages in groundwater limit their power to predict the presence of enteric viruses. There is little concordance in the literature regarding phage detection methods, thus making comparisons extremely difficult. Different authors have used different hosts, phage concentration methods, and end-point determinations. Also, markedly different volumes of sample have been...

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