VirWaTest, A Point-of-Use Method for the Detection of Viruses in Water SamplesDavid Aguado 1, Eva Fores 1, Laura Guerrero-Latorre 1,2, Marta Rusiñol 1, Sandra Martínez-Puchol 1, Francesc Codony 3,4, Rosina Girones 1, Sílvia Bofill-Mas 1
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.
