Polymer monoliths for the concentration of viruses from environmental waters: A review. Issue 1 (26th June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vitek, Renan; do Nascimento, Fernando H.; Masini, Jorge C.
• Is Part Of: Journal of separation science. Volume 45:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 134
• Page End: 148
• Publication Date: 2021-06-26
• Subjects: enterovirus -- ion exchange -- macromolecules -- plant virus -- waterborne diseases; Separation (Technology) -- Periodicals; Chromatographic analysis -- Periodicals; 543.089
• DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202100282
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1615-9306

Abstract

Abstract: Even at low concentrations in environmental waters, some viruses are highly infective, making them a threat to human health. They are the leading cause of waterborne enteric diseases. In agriculture, plant viruses in irrigation and runoff water threat the crops. The low concentrations pose a challenge to early contamination detection. Thus, concentrating the virus particles into a small volume may be mandatory to achieve reliable detection in molecular techniques. This paper reviews the organic monoliths developments and their applications to concentrate virus particles from waters (waste, surface, tap, sea, and irrigation waters). Free‐radical polymerization and polyaddition reactions are the most common strategies to prepare the monoliths currently used for virus concentration. Here, the routes for preparing and functionalizing both methacrylate and epoxy‐based monoliths will be shortly described, following a revision of their retention mechanisms and applications in the concentration of enteric and plant viruses in several kinds of waters.