Authors [Reference] qPCR detection method [Reference] Matrices analyzed Main results He and Jiang, 2005 [32 ] He and Jiang, 2005 [32 ] Sewage and coastal waters Mean values in sewage
GC/L. Serotypes 1–5, 9, 16, 17, 19, 21, 28, 37, 40, 41 Choi and Jiang, 2005 [33 ] He and Jiang, 2005 [32 ] River 2–4 logs GC/L, 16% positive samples Haramoto et al., 2005 [34 ] Heim et al., 2003 [35 ] River 45% positive samples (29/64) Albinana-Gimenez et al., 2006 [36 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] River and sewage River used as a source of water presented
GC/L Bofill-Mas et al., 2006 [37 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] Sewage, effluent, and biosolids High HAdV quantities in sewage, effluent, and biosolids.
and
of 60.9 and 132.3 days Calgua et al., 2008 [38 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] Seawater New skimmed-milk flocculation method to concentrate, mean values of
GC/L Albinana-Gimenez et al., 2009 [39 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] River and drinking-water treatment plants 90% positive for river water, mean values
GC/L Dong et al., 2010 [40 ] Heim et al., 2003 [35 ], and by Ko et al., 2005 [41 ] Sewage, drinking water, and river and recreational waters Adenovirus detected from all water types. 10/10 positives in sewage (
GC/L),
GC/L) Hamza et al., 2009 [42 ] Heim et al., 2003 [35 ] River and sewage 97.5% positive river water samples (
GC/L) Ogorzaly et al., 2009 [43 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] River 100% positive samples (
/l) Bofill-Mas et al., 2010 [44 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] Seawater
GC/L, HAdV41 the most prevalentHaramoto et al., 2010 [45 ] Ko et al., 2005 [41 ] River water HAdV more prevalent (61.1%) than JCPyV (11.1%)
Jurzik et al., 2010 [46 ] Heim et al., 2003 [35 ] Surface waters 96.3% positive samples (mean
GC/L and maximum of
GC/L) Ogorzaly et al., 2010 [47 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] Groundwater HAdV was the most stable between MS2 and GA phages analyzed in groundwater Rigotto et al., 2010 [48 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] Seawater, lagoon brackish water, sewage, and drinking water 64.2% positive values (54/84) Schlindwein et al., 2010 [49 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] Sewage, effluent, and sludge
GC/L in sludge,
GC/L in sewage, and
GC/L in effluentAslan et al., 2011 [50 ] Xagoraraki et al., 2007 [51 ] Surface waters 2–4 logs GC/L, 36% positives (HAdV 40/41) Calgua et al., 2011 [52 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] Seawater Mean values 1–3 logs GC/L Guerrero-Latorre et al., 2011 [53 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] River and groundwater Low levels of HAdV in 4/16 groundwater samples Hamza et al., 2011 [54 ] Heim et al., 2003 [35 ] River and sewage
GC/L in river and
GC/L in sewage
Kokkinos et al., 2011 [55 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] Sewage 45.8% positive samples (22/48) in sewage. Main serotypes 8, 40, and 41 Souza et al., 2011 [56 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] Seawater HAdV as the most prevalent in seawater Wong and Xagoraraki, 2011 [57 ] Heim et al., 2003 [35 ] Manure and sewage sludge Concentrations of E. coli and Enterococcus correlate to HAdV (
) in sludge samples Wyn-Jones et al., 2011 [58 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] Recreational water 36.4% positive samples, more prevalent than noroviruses (9.4%) Garcia et al., 2012 [59 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] River (source water) 100% prevalence (
GC/L) Fongaro et al., 2012 [60 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] Lagoon 96% positive samples (46/48) Rodriguez-Manzano et al., 2012 [13 ] Hernroth et al., 2002 [26 ] Raw sewage, secondary and terciary effluents 100% positive samples for HAdV in all steps of the treatment. Removal of HAdV within primary and secondary treatments 1.03 log 10 (89%) and UV disinfection process 0.13 log 10 (11%) Ye et al., 2012 [61 ] Heim et al., 2003 [35 ] River and drinking water 100% positive samples (24/24). Mean values in river
GC/L
