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Partitioning of Viruses in Wastewater Systems and Potential for Aerosolization
[Image: see text] To gain insight into the potential for aerosolization of viruses in wastewater systems, we investigated the partitioning of MS2 and Phi6 bacteriophages in synthetic sludge and anaerobically digested sludge from a wastewater treatment plant. We evaluated partitioning among the liqui...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869619/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27213164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00105 |
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author | Titcombe Lee, Mari Pruden, Amy Marr, Linsey C. |
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description | [Image: see text] To gain insight into the potential for aerosolization of viruses in wastewater systems, we investigated the partitioning of MS2 and Phi6 bacteriophages in synthetic sludge and anaerobically digested sludge from a wastewater treatment plant. We evaluated partitioning among the liquid, solids, and material surfaces of porcelain, concrete, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polypropylene. In all cases, at least 94% of the virions partitioned into the liquid fraction. In real sludge, no more than 0.8% of virions partitioned to the solids and no more than 6% to the material surface. Both MS2 and Phi6 partitioned more to the surface of concrete and polypropylene than to the surface of porcelain or PVC. Partitioning of viruses in wastewater among the liquid, biosolids, and material surface does not appear to mitigate the potential for aerosolization of virus, as most of the virus remains in the liquid phase. |
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spelling | pubmed-48696192017-04-08 Partitioning of Viruses in Wastewater Systems and Potential for Aerosolization Titcombe Lee, Mari Pruden, Amy Marr, Linsey C. Environ Sci Technol Lett [Image: see text] To gain insight into the potential for aerosolization of viruses in wastewater systems, we investigated the partitioning of MS2 and Phi6 bacteriophages in synthetic sludge and anaerobically digested sludge from a wastewater treatment plant. We evaluated partitioning among the liquid, solids, and material surfaces of porcelain, concrete, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polypropylene. In all cases, at least 94% of the virions partitioned into the liquid fraction. In real sludge, no more than 0.8% of virions partitioned to the solids and no more than 6% to the material surface. Both MS2 and Phi6 partitioned more to the surface of concrete and polypropylene than to the surface of porcelain or PVC. Partitioning of viruses in wastewater among the liquid, biosolids, and material surface does not appear to mitigate the potential for aerosolization of virus, as most of the virus remains in the liquid phase. American Chemical Society 2016-04-08 2016-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4869619/ /pubmed/27213164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00105 Text en Copyright © 2016 American Chemical Society This is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License (http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_termsofuse.html) , which permits copying and redistribution of the article or any adaptations for non-commercial purposes. |
spellingShingle | Titcombe Lee, Mari Pruden, Amy Marr, Linsey C. Partitioning of Viruses in Wastewater Systems and Potential for Aerosolization |
title | Partitioning of Viruses in Wastewater Systems and
Potential for Aerosolization |
title_full | Partitioning of Viruses in Wastewater Systems and
Potential for Aerosolization |
title_fullStr | Partitioning of Viruses in Wastewater Systems and
Potential for Aerosolization |
title_full_unstemmed | Partitioning of Viruses in Wastewater Systems and
Potential for Aerosolization |
title_short | Partitioning of Viruses in Wastewater Systems and
Potential for Aerosolization |
title_sort | partitioning of viruses in wastewater systems and
potential for aerosolization |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869619/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27213164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00105 |
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