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Persistence of human astrovirus in fresh and marine water

Publicated to:Water Science And Technology. 35 (11-12): 243-247 - 1997-01-01 35(11-12), DOI: 10.2166/wst.1997.0741

Authors: Bosch, A; Pinto, RM; Villena, C; Abad, FX

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Abstract

Large gastroenteritis outbreaks associated with astroviruses are being reported with increasing frequency suggesting that astrovirus may be an important agent of epidemic acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis in children and adults. In this study, a procedure, based on infection of CaCo-2 cell monolayers followed by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction, was developed to ascertain the persistence of infectious human astroviruses in tap and marine water at 4+/-1 degrees C and 20+/-1 degrees C The adequacy of this methodology for monitoring the decay of infectious fastidious viruses was assessed by determining the survival of a cytocidal virus (poliovirus 1) concomitantly by MPNCU and cell infection plus RT-PCR. After 60d in dechlorinated tap water, the decay of astrovirus infectivity was lower than % logs at 4+/-1 degrees C and around 3.6 logs at 20+/-1 degrees C, while after 90d the titre reduction was around 3.3 and 4.3 logs at 4+/-1 degrees C and 20+/-1 degrees C respectively. In natural non-autoclaved seawater at 20 degrees C, astrovirus showed a lower level of persistence. The possibility to acquire data on the survival of fastidious viruses in the environment opens new perspectives on the epidemiology of some health significant infections transmitted by the faecal-oral route. (C) 1997 IAWQ. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.

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AstrovirusEnteric virusEnteric virusesPersistenceSeawaterWater

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Water Science And Technology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 1997, it was in position 7/55, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Civil.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-18:

  • WoS: 17
  • Scopus: 24
  • OpenCitations: 17

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-18:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 21 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (ABAD MOREJÓN DE GIRÓN, F. XAVIER).