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Detection of Hepatovirus a in Two Tunisian Wastewater Treatment Plants

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Hepatovirus A is known as a waterborne and foodborne virus that can be transferred from one individual to another through contaminated water and nutrients. A total of 242 wastewater were sampled at the scale of the two adopted Tunisian Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs), namely El Menzeh I and Charguia I. The main physico-chemical and the bacteriological parameters were tested for all collected wastewater samples. Hepatovirus A was detected using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The hepatovirus A detection rates increased from upstream to downstream of the natural oxidizing lagoons and at the exit of the rotating biodisks procedures. However, there is a moderate decrease of hepatovirus A frequencies from the first to last basins types of the activated sludge procedure and at the exit of the two successive passages by UV-C254 monolamp prototype. The found data showed a poor virological quality of the treated wastewater by the adopted biological and tertiary wastewater treatment procedures. These findings corroborated the need for the UV-C254 treatment improvement in the two adopted wastewater treatment plants to upgrade the Tunisian virological quality.

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  1. Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia

    Chourouk Ibrahim

  2. Laboratory of Treatment and Valorization of Water Rejects (LTVRH), Centre of Research and Water Technologies (CERTE), Techno Park of Borj-Cédria, 8020, Tunis, Tunisia

    Chourouk Ibrahim & Abdennaceur Hassen

  3. National School of Veterinary Medicine at Sidi-Thabet, IRESA, University of Manouba, 2020, Tunis, Tunisia

    Salah Hammami

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Ibrahim, C., Hammami, S., Hassen, A. (2021). Detection of Hepatovirus a in Two Tunisian Wastewater Treatment Plants. In: Ksibi, M., et al. Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition). EMCEI 2019. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_139

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