[Standardization of a method for concentration and detection of enteric viruses from drinking water].

Introduction: Enteric viruses have been implicated in acute diarrheal disease, food-borne disease, hepatitis A and meningitis outbreaks, in which water was the vehicle of transmission.

Objective: A concentration method was standardized for the detection of enteric viruses in drinking water.

Materials And Methods: Twenty liters of water were concentrated to 6 ml by filtration and tangential ultrafiltration.