Project 186
Virus Occurrence Survey
$602,000
Principal Investigator
Morteza Abbaszadegan
Project Manager
Robert D Allen
Contractor
Illinois-American Water Company
Abstract
Conducts a survey on the occurrence of viruses in groundwaters that are not under the influence of surface water and that are extracted from properly constructed drinking water wells. Uses both the PCR technique and traditional tissue culture methods. Also assesses a low-volume PCR method. Research partner: USEPA. Completed in 2000. Published as "A Strategy for Detection of Viruses in Groundwater by PCR" in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 65(2):444 - 449, 1999.
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