Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: Torque teno virus: an improved indicator for viral pathogens in drinking waters | Virology Journal BioMed Central Open Access Hypothesis Torque teno virus an improved indicator for viral pathogens in drinking waters Jennifer S Griffin 1 Jeanine D Plummer1 and Sharon C Long2 Address Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 100 Institute Road Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester MA 01609 USA and 2Department of Soil Science and Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene 2601 Agriculture Drive Madison WI 53718 USA Email Jennifer S Griffin - jensgriffin@ Jeanine D Plummer - jplummer@ Sharon C Long - longsc@ Corresponding author Published 3 October 2008 Received 15 September 2008 Accepted 3 October 2008 Virology Journal 2008 5 112 doi l743-422X-5-ll2 This article is available from http content 5 l l 12 2008 Griffin et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Background Currently applied indicator organism systems such as coliforms are not fully protective of public health from enteric viruses in water sources. Waterborne disease outbreaks have occurred in systems that tested negative for coliforms and positive coliform results do not necessarily correlate with viral risk. It is widely recognized that bacterial indicators do not co-occur exclusively with infectious viruses nor do they respond in the same manner to environmental or engineered stressors. Thus a more appropriate indicator of health risks from infectious enteric viruses is needed. Presentation of the hypothesis Torque teno virus is a small non-enveloped DNA virus that likely exhibits similar transport characteristics to pathogenic enteric viruses. Torque teno virus is unique among .
