Occurrence of Enteric Viruses in Surface Water and the Relationship with Changes in Season and Physical Water Quality Dynamics
Table 4
Correlation of physical parameters and viruses present.
pH
Temp. (°C)
EC
TDS
DO
Turbidity
HAdV detection
EV detection
Temp. (°C)
0.032
0.636
EC
−0.131
0.267
0.055
0.0001
TDS
0.125
0.147
0.331
0.067
0.031
0.0001
DO
−0.108
0.012
0.245
0.214
0.115
0.850
0.0001
0.002
Turbidity
0.247
0.011
−0.542
−0.132
−0.157
0.0001
0.874
0.0001
0.053
0.021
HAdV detection
0.089
0.114
−0.062
0.045
−0.083
0.108
0.193
0.096
0.366
0.508
0.222
0.113
EV detection
0.128
0.090
−0.027
0.119
−0.068
0.087
−0.042
0.060
0.188
0.693
0.082
0.317
0.202
0.535
Cell contents: Pearson correlation (r); value at 0.05 probability level. Temp: temperature, EC: electrical conductivity, TDS: total dissolved solids, DO: dissolved oxygen, HAdV: human adenovirus, and EV: enteroviruses.
