A 1-Year Study on the Detection of XXXX Enteric Viruses in New Caledonia.

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UNASSIGNED: @entity1 enteric viruses occur in high concentrations in wastewater and can contaminate receiving environmental waters. Due to the lack of data on the prevalence of enteric viruses in New Caledonia, the presence and the concentrations of enteric viruses in wastewater and seawater were determined. Untreated wastewater and seawater samples were collected monthly for 1  year from a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and from the WWTP's outlet, located directly on a popular recreational beach. Samples were tested for norovirus genogroups I and II (NoV GI and GII), astroviruses (AsV), sapoviruses (SaV), enteroviruses (EV), @entity99 ( @entity99 ), rotaviruses (RoV), @entity1 adenoviruses (HAdV) and @entity1 polyomaviruses (HPyV). To support these data, faecal samples from cases of @entity1902 were tested for the first time for NoV and detected in the population. NoV GI, NoV GII, EV, SaV, HAdV and HPyV were detected in all wastewaters, RoV in 75  % and AsV in 67  %. @entity99 were not detected in wastewater. Overall, 92  % of seawater samples were positive for at least one virus. HPyV were detected most frequently in 92  % of samples and at concentrations up to 7.7  *  10(3) genome copies/L. NoV GI, NoV GII, EV, SaV, RoV and HAdV were found in 33, 66, 41, 33, 16 and 66  % of seawater samples, respectively. AsV were not detected in seawater. This study reports for the first time the presence of NoV and other enteric viruses in New Caledonia and highlights the year-round presence of enteric viruses in the seawater of a popular beach.
