STABILITY IN DRINKING AND SURFACE-WATER OF 9 VIRUS SPECIES FROM DIFFERENT GENERA

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 164  (1-2) , 64-84
Abstract
The stabilities of Aujeszky virus (AV), Sindbis virus (SV), vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), Newcastle disease virus (NDV), vaccinia virus (VV), foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), canine hepatitis virus (CHV), reovirus (RV) and Teschen virus (TV) in drinking and surface waters were compared. At 9-15.degree. C most viruses were stable in natural waters for long times: TV, VV, RV, CHV and NDV persisted for longer than 200 days, and FMDV, AV, VSV and SV averaged 20-50 days.