ENTERIC VIRIONS AND MICROBIAL BIOFILMS - A SECONDARY SOURCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN ?

Ecology of human enteric virions ( HEV) in distribution pipe biofilms. Bacteriophages share fundamental properties with HEV and they were chosen as a model in the study. Virion persistence studies, in situ detection of model enteric virion within biofilms and quantitative microbial risk assessment methodology were particularly developed.