Viral pollution in an aquatic environment and its social impact

Abstract

Nowadays, it has been reported that pathogenic viruses may be transmitted by water. However, in spite of a health significance of viruses in water, few reports on viral pollution in an aquatic environment have been published in Japanese journals for environmental or sanitary engineers. Therefore, in order to promote their interest in the viral pollution, the results of research on viral pollution which has been published in domestic and international journals are introduced in this paper together with authors'aspect.