Universidad de las Americas 1 article published in JoVE Immunology and Infection VirWaTest, A Point-of-Use Method for the Detection of Viruses in Water Samples David Aguado1, Eva Fores1, Laura Guerrero-Latorre1,2, Marta Rusiñol1, Sandra Martínez-Puchol1, Francesc Codony3,4, Rosina Girones1, Sílvia Bofill-Mas1 1Laboratory of Viruses Contaminants of Water and Food (VIRCONT), Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, Section of Microbiology, Virology and Biotechnology, University of Barcelona, 2Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Agropecuarias (FICA), Ingeniería en Biotecnología, Universidad de las Américas, 3Municipal Laboratory - Waters of Mataró, 4GenIUL Here we present VirWaTest, which is a simple, affordable and portable method for the concentration and detection of viruses from water samples at the point of use.
