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All warm blooded animals harbor enteric viruses which are excreted in fecal material and can find their way into the aquatic environment. In addition fish, other lower animals and even plants release viruses which can find their way into water. Fortunately, most viruses are highly host specific and only the enteric viruses of humans appear to offer the greatest health concern for waterborne transmission. Human enteric viruses are able to exist for extended periods in the environment and many may survive conventional water and wastewater treatment. Waterborne transmission has now been well documented for many of the enteric viruses. While a direct association with the presence of virus in a water supply and illness has not been demonstrated for all enteric viruses, the presence of any of these viruses in drinking water should be considered a major health concern.
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Gerba, C.P., Rose, J.B. (1990). Viruses in Source and Drinking Water. In: McFeters, G.A. (eds) Drinking Water Microbiology. Brock/Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4464-6_18
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