Publications by authors named "Anna Carolina de Oliveira Mendes"
Assessment of water quality in a border region between the Atlantic forest and an urbanised area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Marize Pereira Miagostovich Flávia Ramos Guimarães Carmen Baur Vieira Tulio Machado Fumian Nilson Porto da Gama Jaqueline Mendes de Oliveira Anna Carolina de Oliveira Mendes
Food Environ Virol
June 2014
The preservation of water resources is one of the goals of the designation of parks that act as natural reservoirs. In order to assess the impact of the presence of humans in an environmental preservation area bordering urban areas, the presence of four pathogenic enteric viruses [group A rotavirus (RV-A), norovirus (NoV), human adenoviruses (HAdV), and hepatitis A virus (HAV)], as well as the physico-chemical parameters, and Escherichia coli levels were assessed in riverine water samples. From June 2008 to May 2009, monthly monitoring was performed along the Engenho Novo River.
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- The study evaluated the presence of group A rotavirus, norovirus, and human adenovirus in the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon and connected ecosystems in Rio de Janeiro over a year.
- RVA was found to be the most common virus at 24.3%, with notable loads detected, while NoV and HAdV were also present at 18.8% and 16.7%, respectively.
- Viruses were detected in 50% of water samples deemed suitable for bathing, highlighting the need to include viral assessments in water quality evaluations and the understanding of environmental contamination.