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Table 2 Presence of human polyomaviruses and human adenoviruses in sewage and river water samples

From: Newly described human polyomaviruses Merkel Cell, KI and WU are present in urban sewage and may represent potential environmental contaminants

Samples, type

Collection date (month/year)

Quantitative PCR (GC/mL of sample)

Nested-PCR results (presence/absence)

  

HAdV

JCPyV

WUPyV

KIPyV

MCPyV (Tag)

BCN1, sewage

02/2004

2.81 × 103

1.35 × 103

+

-

+a

BCN2, sewage

07/2007

4.29 × 103

7.94 × 102

-

-

+a

BCN3, sewage

07/2007

1.57 × 103

NT

-

-

+a

BCN4, sewage

07/2007

6.10 × 103

8.65 × 102

-

-

+a, b

BCN5, sewage

05/2008

Non tested

5.48 × 102

+a

+a

+b

BCN6, sewage

09/2006

9.40 × 101

7.65 × 102

-

-

+

BCN7, sewage

11/2006

1.35 × 102

4.83 × 102

-

-

+b

BCN8, sewage

12/2006

6.00 × 102

8.33 × 101

-

-

-

BCN9, river water

03/2009

3.08 × 100

1.00 × 100

-

-

-

BCN10, river water

03/2009

7.90 × 100

9.40 × 100

-

-

+a

BCN11, river water

03/2009

1.10 × 101

1.21 × 101

-

-

+a

BCN12, river water

03/2009

1.18 × 101

1.49 × 101

-

-

-

BCN13, river water

03/2009

1.99 × 100

4.40 × 100

-

-

-

BCN14, river water

03/2009

2.48 × 100

1.21 × 101

-

-

-

BCN15, river water

03/2009

3.46 × 100

9.94 × 100

-

-

-

  1. NT = Not tested
  2. a Sequenced amplicons
  3. b Samples from other regions (VP1 and/or VP1/VP2/VP3) in which MCPyV has been amplified and sequenced (GQ452776, GQ390249-50)