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Free-Chlorine Disinfection as a Selection Pressure on Norovirus.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2018
Rachmadi Andri Taruna, Kitajima Masaaki, Watanabe Kozo, Yaegashi Sakiko, Serrana Joeselle, Nakamura Arata, Nakagomi Toyoko, Nakagomi Osamu, Katayama Kazuhiko, Okabe Satoshi, Sano Daisuke
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Human noroviruses are excreted in feces from infected individuals and included in wastewater. It is critical to remove/inactivate them in wastewater treatment processes, particularly in the disinfection step, before release to aquatic environments. However, the high mutation rates of human noroviruses raise concerns about the emergence of strains that are less susceptible to disinfectants and can survive even...
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