Clean - Soil, Air, Water
Volume 44, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 775-780

Transmission Sources of Waterborne Viruses in South Sudan Refugee Camps (Article)

Guerrero-Latorre L. , Hundesa A. , Girones R.*
  • a Faculty of Biology, Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  • b Faculty of Biology, Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  • c Faculty of Biology, Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Abstract

Outbreaks of hepatitis E virus (HEV) are typically associated with contaminated drinking water. A recent HEV outbreak (2012–14) in South Sudan affected ≥10 000 people. This study evaluated different water matrices and food during the last phase of the outbreak by analyzing HEV and human adenovirus (HAdV) as viral indicator of human contamination. The results revealed that the water sources analyzed were negative and that only household samples presented HAdV contamination, identifying a possible route of viral transmission within the population. © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Author Keywords

Hepatitis E virus Refugee camp Human viral contamination Household transmission Waterborne outbreak

Index Keywords

hepatitis disease transmission viral disease Hepatitis E virus South Sudan virus Human adenovirus disease spread
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84961807577&doi=10.1002%2fclen.201500358&partnerID=40&md5=8aa996bc6f7b7697ee0fd31054a87c68
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201500358
ISSN: 18630650
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English