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SUBMITTER: Brisebois E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7128102 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brisebois Evelyne E Veillette Marc M Dion-Dupont Vanessa V Lavoie Jacques J Corbeil Jacques J Culley Alexander A Duchaine Caroline C
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 20170729
Wastewater treatment center (WTC) workers may be vulnerable to diseases caused by viruses, such as the common cold, influenza and gastro-intestinal infections. Although there is a substantial body of literature characterizing the microbial community found in wastewater, only a few studies have characterized the viral component of WTC aerosols, despite the fact that most diseases affecting WTC workers are of viral origin and that some of these viruses are transmitted through the air. In this stud ...[more]