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The Detection of Poliovirus in Denton Sewage by Immunofluorescence and Immunodiffusion Techniques

Several final sewage effluents from the Denton Disposal Plant were demonstrated to contain Poliovirus types II and III. Pleated encapsulated filters at pH3.5 enhanced the recovery of the Poliovirus at a higher tier in comparison with nitrocellulose filter (Millipore) and glass fiber filter of pore size 0.45u. This thesis explores problems that face us today in our quest to eliminate viral pathogens from the natural and waste water needed for human, domestic, and industrial consumption. Preliminary experiments concern the use of immunofluorescence, and immunodiffusion techniques as a means of poliovirus identification, which invariably suggests that these techniques may be useful as rapid screening procedures of water samples for presence of potentially pathogenic viruses.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc935746
Date08 1900
CreatorsOlaiya, Felix Ayodele
ContributorsHatten, Betty, Silvey, J. K., Keyser, Peter Dirck
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvi, 49 leaves : ill., maps, Text
CoverageUnited States - Texas
RightsPublic, Olaiya, Felix Ayodele, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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