Quito's Virome: Metagenomic Analysis of Viral Diversity in Urban Streams of Ecuador's Capital City
Science of the Total Environment 645 (2018) 1334–1343 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Science of the Total Environment journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/scitotenv Quito's virome: Metagenomic analysis of viral diversity in urban streams of Ecuador's capital city Laura Guerrero-Latorre a,⁎, Brigette Romero a, Edison Bonifaz a, Natalia Timoneda b, Marta Rusiñol b, Rosina Girones b, Blanca Rios-Touma c a Grupo de investigación Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas (FICA), Ingeniería en Biotecnología, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador b Laboratory of Virus Contaminants of Water and Food, Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain c Grupo de investigación Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas (FICA), Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador HIGHLIGHTS GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT • First viral metagomic study of highly impacted surface waters in Latin America • The study describes human viral patho- gens present in urban rivers of Quito. • Several viral families detected contain- ing emergent species firstly reported in Ecuador. article info abstract Article history: In Quito, the microbiological contamination of surface water represents a public health problem, mainly due to Received 25 May 2018 the lack of sewage treatment from urban wastewater. Contaminated water contributes to the transmission of Received in revised form 16 July 2018 many enteric pathogens through direct consumption, agricultural and recreational use. Among the different Accepted 16 July 2018 pathogens present in urban discharges, viruses play an important role on disease, being causes of gastroenteritis, Available online 23 July 2018 hepatitis, meningitis, respiratory infections, among others.
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