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Kim, Jang, Park, Oh, Kim, Kim, Kwon, Han, and Jheong: Recovery and Adsorption Rate of Murine Norovirus Using NanoCeram® Filters

Abstract

This study investigated the recovery and absorption rates of murine norovirus, a surrogate for human norovirus, by using NanoCeram® filters which served as a tool for recovering viruses. In the study, two types of NanoCeram® filters were employed: one was a cartridge type and the other was a disc type (φ 47 mm) whose surface area is 75 times smaller than the cartridge type. The analytical method was the real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The study found that the average recovery rates of the cartridge type and the disc type were 30.9% and 29.5% respectively. Since these two rates were very close to each other, the adsorption rate of the cartridge type could be predicted with the disc type. Analyzing recovery and absorption rates of the disc type based on different filtered volumes showed that when the volume increased from 0.5 L to 20 L, the average recovery rate rose from 14.78% to 30.41 %, while the average absorption rate dropped from 56.33% to 10.48%. The increase in turbidity from less than 1 NTU to less than 3 NTU raised the average recovery rate from 47.23% to 82.84%.

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Figure 1.
Comparison of murine norovirus with the recovery rate, the disc-type filter (φ 47 mm) (n: 6, turbidity: 0.7~0.8 NTU, temperature: 21~24°C, initial pH: 6.0~6.1, spiking virus volume: 0.5 ml, velocity: 0.2~0.3 L/min). When the filtered volume increased from 0.5 L to 20, the average recovery rate climbed from 14.78% to 30.41%. Standard deviations are shown as error bars.
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Figure 2.
Murine norovirus recovery rates at various levels of turbidity, the disc-type filter (φ 47 mm) (n: 6, temperature: 22°C, water pressure: 0.5 kgf/cm2, pH: 6.9~7.3, spiking virus volume: 0.5 ml, filtered volume: 500 ml). The average recovery rate increased from 47.23% to 82.84% when turbidity rose from less than 1 NTU to less than 3 NTU.
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Table 1.
Primer and probe of murine norovirus (MNV-1)
Virus Primer and probe Direction Sequence (5′→3′) Location
  MNV1 F + ACGCCACTCCGCACAAA 5614-5630
MNV-1 MNV1 R GCGGCCAGAGACCACAAA 5649-5657
  MNV1 P + VIC-AGCCCGGGTGATGAG-MGB 5632-5646
Table 2.
Comparison of the murine norovirus recovery rates with the cartridge and disc type filters
Filter type Sample (N) Filtered volume (L) Spiking volume (ml) Real-time RT-PCR Mean recovery (%)
Control virus range (copy/μl) Testing virus range (copy/μl)
Cartridge 3 50 5 6.13 × 106 ~ 9.30 × 106 2.22 × 106 ~ 2.77 × 106 30.9
Disc (φ 47 mm) 3 20 1 1.03 × 106 ~ 1.19 × 106 2.49 × 105 ~ 4.11 × 105 29.5
Table 3.
Murine norovirus adsorption rates at various filtered volumes
Filter type Filtered volume (L) Virus spiking volume. (ml) Sample (N) Real-time RT-PCR Mean adsorption (%)
Control virus range (copy/μl) Testing virus range (copy/μl)
  0.5     1.88 × 106 ~ 2.03 × 106 8.63 × 105 ~ 1.29 × 106 56.33
  6     5.52 × 104 ~ 7.02 × 104 7.89 × 103 ~ 9.44 × 103 13.65
Disc (φ 47 mm) 10 0.5 6 5.90 × 104 ~ 6.50 × 104 1.31 × 104 ~ 1.44 × 104 22.33
  20     5.90 × 104 ~ 6.50 × 104 1.03 × 104 ~ 9.50 × 103 10.48
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