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Glass Wool Filters for Concentrating Waterborne Viruses and Agricultural Zoonotic Pathogens
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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:50Preparing the Glass Wool
- 04:30Assembling the Glass Wool Filter
- 05:40Sampling
- 06:33Elution
Glass wool filters have been used to concentrate waterborne viruses by a number of research groups around the world. Here we show a simple approach for constructing glass wool filters and demonstrate the filters are also effective in concentrating waterborne viral, bacterial and protozoan pathogens.
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Glass Wool FiltersConcentrationWaterborne VirusesAgricultural Zoonotic PathogensPathogen LevelsSampling ProgramConcentration MethodsEquipmentVIRADEL Method1MDS Cartridge FilterFilter ElutionCentrifugationPathogen DetectionEnumerationCultural MethodsMolecular MethodsAdvantagesConstructionSampling RequirementsInexpensive Filter PartsLarge Sample VolumesSample TurbidityPortable FiltersField Sampling
