Bibliography | Laboratory of Virus Contaminants of Water and Food

Forés E, Rusiñol M, Itarte M, Martínez-Puchol S, Calvo M, Bofill-Mas S. 2022. Evaluation of a virus concentration method based on ultrafiltration and wet foam elution for studying viruses from large-volume water samples. Sci Total Environ. Jul 10;829:154431. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154431. Epub 2022 Mar 9.

Looking for a needle in a haystack. SARS-CoV-2 variant characterization in sewage. Itarte M, Bofill-Mas S, Martínez-Puchol S, Torrell H, Ceretó A, Carrasco M, Forés E, Canela N, Girones R, Rusiñol M. 2022. Looking for a needle in a haystack. SARS-CoV-2 variant characterization in sewage. Curr Opin Environ Sci Health. Dec;24:100308. doi: 10.1016/j.coesh.2021.100308. Epub 2021 Nov 6.

Ahmed W, Simpson SL, Bertsch PM, Bibby K, Bivins A, Blackall LL, Bofill-Mas S et al. 2022. Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance. . Sci Total Environ. 2022 Jan 20;805:149877. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149877. Epub 2021 Aug 25.

Martínez-Puchol S, Itarte M, Rusiñol M, Forés E, Mejías-Molina C, Andrés C, Antón A, Quer J, Abril JF, Girones R, Bofill-Mas S. 2022. Exploring the diversity of coronavirus in sewage during COVID-19 pandemic: Don't miss the forest for the trees. Sci Total Environ. Dec 15;800:149562. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149562. Epub 2021 Aug 9.

Itarte M, Martínez-Puchol S, Forés E, Hundesa A, Timoneda N, Bofill-Mas S, Girones R, Rusiñol M. 2021. NGS Techniques Reveal a High Diversity of RNA Viral Pathogens and Papillomaviruses in Fresh Produce and Irrigation Water. Foods. Aug 6;10(8):1820. doi: 10.3390/foods10081820.

Rusiñol M, Zammit I, Itarte M, Forés E, Martínez-Puchol S, Girones R, Borrego C, Corominas L, Bofill-Mas S. 2021. Monitoring waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: Inferences from WWTPs of different sizes. Sci Total Environ. Sep 15;787:147463. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147463. Epub 2021 May 7.

Forés E, Bofill-Mas S, Itarte M, Martínez-Puchol S, Hundesa A, Calvo M, Borrego CM, Corominas LL, Girones R, Rusiñol M. 2021. Evaluation of two rapid ultrafiltration-based methods for SARS-CoV-2 concentration from wastewater. Sci Total Environ. May 10;768:144786. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144786. Epub 2021 Jan 7..

Fernandez-Cassi X, Martínez-Puchol S, Silva-Sales M, Cornejo T, Bartolome R, Bofill-Mas S, Girones R. 2020. Unveiling Viruses Associated with Gastroenteritis Using a Metagenomics Approach. Viruses. Dec 13;12(12):1432. doi: 10.3390/v12121432.

Rusiñol M, Hundesa A, Cárdenas-Youngs Y, Fernández-Bravo A, Pérez-Cataluña A, Moreno-Mesonero L, Moreno Y, Calvo M, Alonso JL, Figueras MJ, Araujo R, Bofill-Mas S, Girones R. 2020. Microbiological contamination of conventional and reclaimed irrigation water: Evaluation and management measures. Sci Total Environ. Mar 25;710:136298. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136298. Epub 2019 Dec 30.

Rusiñol M, Martínez-Puchol S, Forés E, Itarte M, Girones R, Bofill-Mas S. 2020. Concentration methods for the quantification of coronavirus and other potentially pandemic enveloped virus from wastewater. Curr Opin Environ Sci Health. Oct;17:21-28.

Filipa-Silva A, Parreira R, Martínez-Puchol S, Bofill-Mas S, Barreto Crespo MT, Nunes M. 2020. The Unexplored Virome of Two Atlantic Coast Fish: Contribution of Next-Generation Sequencing to Fish Virology. Foods. Nov 9;9(11):1634. doi: 10.3390/foods9111634.

Sílvia Bofill-Mas & Marta Rusiñol. 2020. Recent trends on methods for the concentration of viruses from water samples. Current Opinion in Environmnetal Science and Health. Volume 16, August 2020, Pages 7-13.

Martínez-Puchol S, Rusiñol M, Fernández-Cassi X, Timoneda N, Itarte M, Andrés C, Antón A, Abril JF, Girones R, Bofill-Mas S. 2020. Characterisation of the sewage virome: comparison of NGS tools and occurrence of significant pathogens. Sci Total Environ. 2020 Jan 8;713:136604. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136604.

Rusiñol M, Martínez-Puchol S, Timoneda N, Fernández-Cassi X, Pérez-Cataluña A, Fernández-Bravo A, Moreno-Mesonero L, Moreno Y, Alonso JL, Figueras MJ, Abril JF, Bofill-Mas S, Girones R. 2020. Metagenomic analysis of viruses, bacteria and protozoa in irrigation water. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 224, 113440.

Rusiñol M, Hundesa A, Cárdenas-Youngs Y, Fernández-Bravo A, Pérez-Cataluña A, Moreno-Mesonero L, Moreno Y, Calvo M, Alonso JL, Figueras MJ, Araujo R, Bofill-Mas S, Girones R. 2019. Microbiological contamination of conventional and reclaimed irrigation water: Evaluation and management measures. Sci Total Environ. 2019 Dec 30;710:136298. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136298.

Terré M, Bosch C, Bach A, Fàbregas F, Biel C, Rusiñol M, Bofill-Mas S, Calderer M, Jubany I, Martínez-Lladó X . 2019. Exploring the use of tertiary reclaimed water in dairy cattle production. Journal of Cleaner Production, 229, 964-973.

Jurado A, Bofill-Mas S, Vázquez-Suñé E, Pujades E, Girones R, Rusiñol M. 2019. Occurrence of pathogens in the river-groundwater interface in a losing river stretch (Besòs River Delta, Spain). Science of the Total Environment, Dec 15;696:134028. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134028. Epub 2019 Aug 21.

Aguado D, Fores E, Guerrero-Latorre L, Rusiñol M, Martínez-Puchol S, Codony F, Girones R, Bofill-Mas S. 2019. VirWaTest, A Point-of-Use Method for the Detection of Viruses in Water Samples. Journl of Visulaized Experiments, 11, 147.

Torres C, Barrios ME, Cammarata RV, Victoria M, Fernandez-Cassi X, Bofill-Mas S, Colina R, Blanco Fernández MD, Mbayed VA. 2018. Phylodynamics of Merkel-cell polyomavirus and human polyomavirus 6: A long-term history with humans. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 126, 210-220.

Fernandez-Cassi X, Timoneda N, Martínez-Puchol S, Rusiñol M, Rodriguez-Manzano J, Figuerola N, Bofill-Mas S, Abril JF, Girones R. 2018. Metagenomics for the study of viruses in urban sewage as a tool for public health surveillance. Sience of the Total Environment, 618, 870-880.

Fernandez-Cassi X, Timoneda N, Gonzales-Gustavson E, Abril JF, Bofill-Mas S, Girones R. 2017. A metagenomic assessment of viral contamination on fresh parsley plants irrigated with fecally tainted river water. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 8, 257:80-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.06.001.

Hjelmsø MH, Hellmér M, Fernandez-Cassi X, Timoneda N, Lukjancenko O, Seidel M, Elsässer D, Aarestrup FM, Löfström C, Bofill-Mas S, Abril JF, Girones R, Schultz AC. 2017. Evaluation of Methods for the Concentration and Extraction of Viruses from Sewage in the Context of Metagenomic Sequencing. Plos One, 18;12(1):e0170199. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170199. eCollection 2017.

Zeng Z, Zhang J, Jing S, Cheng Z, Bofill-Mas S, Maluquer de Motes C, Hundesa A, Girones R, Seto D, Zhang Q. 2016. Genome Sequence of a Cynomolgus Macaque Adenovirus (CynAdV-1) Isolate from a Primate Colony in the United Kingdom. Genome Announcements, Nov 3;4(6). pii: e01193-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01193-16.

Fernandez-Cassi X, Silvera C, Cervero-Aragó S, Rusiñol M, Latif-Eugeni F, Bruguera-Casamada C, Civit S, Araujo RM, Figueras MJ, Girones R, Bofill-Mas S. 2016. Evaluation of the microbiological quality of reclaimed water produced from a lagooning system.. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23(166), 16816-16833..

Mayer RE, Bofill-Mas S, Egle L, Reischer GH, Schade M, Fernandez-Cassi X, Fuchs W, Mach RL, Lindner G, Kirschner A, Gaisbauer M, Piringer H, Blaschke AP, Girones R, Zessner M, Sommer R, Farnleitner AH. 2016. Occurrence of human-associated Bacteroidetes genetic source tracking markers in raw and treated wastewater of municipal and domestic origin and comparison to standard and alternative indicators of faecal pollution. Water Research, 90, 265-276.

Rusiñol M, Moriarty E, Lin S, Bofill-Mas S, Gilpin B. 2016. Human-, Ovine-, and Bovine-Specific Viral Source Tracking Tools to Discriminate Between the Major Fecal Sources in Agricultural Waters. Food and Environmental Virology, 1, 34-45.

Rusiñol M, Fernandez-Cassi X, Timoneda N, Carratalà A, Abril JF, Silvera C, Figueras MJ, Gelati E, Rodó X, Kay D, Wyn-Jones P, Bofill-Mas S, Girones R. 2015. Evidence of viral dissemination and seasonality in a Mediterranean river catchment: Implications for water pollution management. Journal of Environmental Management, 159, 58-67.

Riveiro-Barciela, M., Mínguez, B., Gironés, R., Rodriguez-Frías, F., Quer, J., Buti, M.. 2015. Phylogenetic demonstration of hepatitis E infection transmitted by pork meat ingestion. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 49(2), 165-168.

Rusiñol, M., Fernandez-Cassi, X., Hundesa, A., Vieira, C., Kern, A., Eriksson, I., Ziros, P., Kay, D., Miagostovich, M., Vargha, M., Allard, A., Vantarakis, A., Wyn-Jones, P., Bofill-Mas, S., Girones, R.. 2014. Application of human and animal viral microbial source tracking tools in fresh and marine waters from five different geographical areas. Water Research, 59:119-129.

Victoria, M., Fumian, T.M., Rocha, M.S., Dalmao, F., Leite, J.P., Girones, R., Miagostovich, M.P.. 2014. Gastroenteric virus dissemination and influence of rainfall events in urban beaches in Brazil. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 117(4), 1210-1218.

Sospedra, M., Schippling, S., Yousef, S., Jelcic, I., Bofill-Mas, S., Planas, R., Stellmann, J. P., Demina, V., Cinque, P., Garcea, R., Croughs, T., Girones, R., Martin, R.. 2014. Treating progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy with interleukin 7 and vaccination with JC virus capsid protein VP1. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 59(11), 1588-1592.

Girones, R., Carratalà, A., Calgua, B., Calvo, M., Rodriguez-Manzano, J., Emerson, S.. 2014. Chlorine inactivation of hepatitis E virus and human adenovirus 2 in water. Journal of Water and Health. 12(3):436-442.

Rodriguez-Manzano, J., Hundesa, A., Calgua, B., Carratala, A., Maluquer de Motes, C., Rusiñol, M., Moresco, V., Ramos, A. P., Martínez-Marca, F., Calvo, M., Monte Barardi, C. R., Girones, R., Bofill-Mas, S.. 2013. Adenovirus and norovirus contaminants in commercially distributed shellfish. Food and Environmental Virology. In press.

Sprenger, G., Lorenzen, A., Grunert, M., Ronghang, H., Dizer H., Selinka, C., Girones, R., Lopez-Pila, J. M., Mittal , A., Szewzyk, R.. 2013. Removal of indigenous coliphages and enteric viruses during riverbank filtration from highly polluted river water in Delhi (India). Journal of Water and Health. In press.

Rusiñol, M., Carratalà, A., Hundesa, A., Bach, A., Kern, A., Vantarakis, A., … Bofill-Mas, S.. 2013. Description of a novel viral tool to identify and quantify ovine faecal pollution in the environment. The Science of the Total Environment, 458-460, 355-360.

Jelcic, I., Aly, L., Binder, T. M. C., Jelcic, I., Bofill-Mas, S., Planas, R., … Martin, R.. 2013. T cell epitope mapping of JC polyoma virus-encoded proteome reveals reduced T cell responses in HLA-DRB1*04:01+ donors. Journal of Virology, 87(6), 3393-3408.

Carratalà, A., Rodriguez-Manzano, J., Hundesa, A., Rusiñol, M., Fresno, S., Cook, N., & Girones, R.. 2013. Effect of temperature and sunlight on the stability of human adenoviruses and MS2 as fecal contaminants on fresh produce surfaces. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 164(2-3), 128-134.

Calgua, Byron, Rodriguez-Manzano, J., Hundesa, A., Suñen, E., Calvo, M., Bofill-Mas, S., & Girones, R.. 2013. New methods for the concentration of viruses from urban sewage using quantitative PCR. Journal of Virological Methods, 187(2), 215-221.

Calgua, Byron, Fumian, T., Rusiñol, M., Rodriguez-Manzano, J., Mbayed, V. A., Bofill-Mas, S., Girones, R.. 2013. Detection and quantification of classic and emerging viruses by skimmed-milk flocculation and PCR in river water from two geographical areas. Water Research, 47, 2797-2810.

Bofill-Mas, S., Rusiñol, M., Fernandez-Cassi, X., Carratalà, A., Hundesa, A., Girones, R.. 2013. Quantification of human and animal viruses to differentiate the origin of the fecal contamination present in environmental samples. BioMed Research International.

Carratalà, A., Rusiñol, M., Rodriguez-Manzano, J., Guerrero-Latorre, L., Sommer, R., & Girones, R.. 2013. Environmental Effectors on the Inactivation of Human Adenoviruses in Water. Food and Environmental Virology, 203-214.

Rodriguez-Manzano, J, Alonso, J. L., Ferrús, M. A., Moreno, Y., Amorós, I., Calgua, B., … Girones, R.. 2012. Standard and new faecal indicators and pathogens in sewage treatment plants, microbiological parameters for improving the control of reclaimed water. Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research, 66(12), 2517–2523.

Wyer, M. D., Wyn-Jones, A. P., Kay, D., Au-Yeung, H.-K. C., Gironés, R., López-Pila, J., … Schneider, O.. 2012. Relationships between human adenoviruses and faecal indicator organisms in European recreational waters. Water Research, 46(13), 4130-4141.

Rodríguez-Lázaro, D., Cook, N., Ruggeri, F. M., Sellwood, J., Nasser, A., Nascimento, M. S. J., … van der Poel, W. H. M.. 2012. Virus hazards from food, water and other contaminated environments. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 36(4), 786-814.

Maluquer de Motes, C., Espinosa, J.-C., Esteban, A., Calvo, M., Girones, R., & Torres, J. M.. 2012. Persistence of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy infectious agent in sewage. Environmental Research, 117, 1-7.

Jardi, R., Crespo, M., Homs, M., van den Eynde, E., Girones, R., Rodriguez-Manzano, J., … Rodriguez-Frias, F.. 2012. HIV, HEV and cirrhosis: evidence of a possible link from eastern Spain. HIV medicine, 13(6), 379-83.

De Abreu Correa, A., Carratala, A., Barardi, C. R. M., Calvo, M., Girones, R., Bofill-Mas, S.. 2012. Comparative inactivation of Murine Norovirus, Human Adenovirus, and Human JC Polyomavirus by chlorine in seawater. Environmental Microbiology, 78(18), 6450-6457.

Carratala, A., Rusinol, M., Hundesa, A., Biarnes, M., Rodriguez-Manzano, J., Vantarakis, A., … Bofill-Mas, S.. 2012. A Novel Tool for Specific Detection and Quantification of Chicken/Turkey Parvoviruses To Trace Poultry Fecal Contamination in the Environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78(20), 7496-7499.

Calgua, Byron, Barardi, C. R. M., Bofill-Mas, S., Rodriguez-Manzano, J., & Girones, R.. 2011. Detection and quantitation of infectious human adenoviruses and JC polyomaviruses in water by immunofluorescence assay. Journal of Virological Methods, 171(1), 1-7.

62. Wyn-Jones, A. P., Carducci, A., Cook, N., D’Agostino, M., Divizia, M., Fleischer, J., … Wyer, M.. 2011. Surveillance of adenoviruses and noroviruses in European recreational waters. Water Research, 45(3), 1025-1038.