Article
High variety of known and new RNA and DNA viruses of diverse origins in untreated sewage.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2012
Ng Terry Fei Fan, Marine Rachel, Wang Chunlin, Simmonds Peter, Kapusinszky Beatrix, Bodhidatta Ladaporn, Oderinde Bamidele Soji, Wommack K Eric, Delwart Eric
Abstract excerpt
Deep sequencing of untreated sewage provides an opportunity to monitor enteric infections in large populations and for high-throughput viral discovery. A metagenomics analysis of purified viral particles in untreated sewage from the United States (San Francisco, CA), Nigeria (Maiduguri), Thailand (Bangkok), and Nepal (Kathmandu) revealed sequences related to 29 eukaryotic viral families infecting vertebrates,...
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