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We have recently published our work on the evaluation of a virus concentration method based on ultrafiltration and wet foam elution for studying viruses from large-volume water samples as a open acces paper:
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Organized by CWP. 9 Abril 2020: https://vimeo.com/405842574
El nostre grup de recerca en col.laboració amb els grups liderats per Lluís Corominas i Carles Borrego de l'ICRA (Institut Català de Recerca de l'Aigua) de Girona duem a terme un estudi sobre la presència de SARSCoV2 en Estacions Depuradores d'Aigua Residual a Catalunya.
Download full paper at: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1aMcKB8cckZLz
El Laboratori de Virus Contaminants d'Aigua i Aliments pertany al Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística de la Universitat de Barcelona (UB).
Diseases associated with lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene are the major causes of child mortality worldwide. During humanitarian crises, the availability of safe drinking-water sources become the biggest priority due to overcrowding and the easy transmission of fecal pathogens. Many orally transmitted viruses produce subclinical infection and symptoms are only observed in a small proportion of the population.
