PUBLICATIONS:

ENVIRONMENTAL VIROLOGY

[pdf] A. Bosch, S. Guix, D. Sano & R.M. Pintó. New tools for the study and direct surveillance of viral pathogens in water. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2008, 19: 295-301.

A. Bosch, (Editor). Human Viruses in Water. Perspectives in Medical Virology Series, vol. 17, A. J. Zuckerman; I. K. Mushahwar, series Eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2007, ISBN - 978-0-444-52157-6.

[pdf] R.M. Pintó, D. Alegre, A. Dominguez, W.M. El-Senousy, G. Sánchez, C. Villena, M. I. Costafreda, LL. Aragonès & A. Bosch. Epidemiology of hepatitis A virus in urban sewage from two Mediterranean countries. Epidemiology and Infection, 2007, 135: 270–273.

[pdf] W. Morsy El-Senousy, S. Guix, I. Abid, R.M. Pintó & A. Bosch. Astrovirus removal from water and sewage treatment plants evaluated by a competitive RT-PCR. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2007, 73: 164-167.

[pdf] A. Bosch, R.M. Pintó & F.X. Abad. Survival and transport of enteric viruses in the environment. In “Viruses in Food”, S. M. Goyal (Ed.). Food Microbiology and Food Safety Series, 2006. Springer, New York, NY, pp 151-187.

[pdf] M.C. Alonso, L.P.C. Dionisio, A. Bosch, B.S. Pereira de Moura, E. Garcia-Rosado & J.J. Borrego. Microbiological quality of reclaimed water used for golf courses' irrigation. Water Science and Technology, 2006, 54: 109-117.

[pdf] A. Bosch, F.X. Abad & R.M. Pintó. Human pathogenic viruses in the marine environment. In “Oceans and Health: Pathogens in the Marine Environment”, S. Belkin, R. Colwell (Eds.), 2005. Springer, New York, NY, pp 109-131.

[pdf] M. Divizia, R. Gabrieli, D. Donia, A. Macaluso, A. Bosch, S. Guix, G. Sánchez, C. Villena, R.M. Pintó, L. Palombi, E. Buonuomo, F. Cenko, L. Leno, D. Bebeci & S. Bino. Waterborne gastroenteritis outbreak in Albania. Water Science and Technology, 2004, 50: 57-61.

[pdf] S. Caballero, F.X. Abad, F. Loisy, F.S. Le Guyader, J. Cohen, R.M. Pintó & A. Bosch. Rotavirus virus-like particles as surrogates in environmental persistence and inactivation studies. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2004, 70: 3904-3909.

[pdf] F. Loisy, R. L. Atmar, J. Cohen, A. Bosch & F.S. Le Guyader. Rotavirus VLP2/6: a new tool to track rotavirus in the marine environment. Research in Microbiology, 2004, 155: 575-578.

[pdf] G. Sánchez, C. Villena, A. Bosch & R.M. Pintó. Molecular detection and typing of hepatitis A virus. In “Methods in Public Health Microbiology”, Chapter 5, Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey 2004, pp 103-114

[pdf] A. Bosch, R.M. Pintó, J. Comas & F.X. Abad. Detection of infectious rotavirus by flow cytometry. In “Methods in Public Health Microbiology”, Chapter 5, Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey 2004, pp 61-68.

[pdf] C. Villena, R. Gabrielli, R.M. Pintó, S. Guix, D. Donia, E. Buonomo, L. Palombi, F. Cenko, S. Bino, A. Bosch & M. Divizia. A large infantile gastroenteritis outbreak in Albania caused by multiple emerging rotavirus genotypes. Epidemiology & Infection, 2004, 131: 1105-1110.

[pdf] C. Villena, W. Morsy El-Senousy, F.X. Abad, R.M. Pintó & A. Bosch. Group A rotavirus in sewage samples from Barcelona and Cairo: emergence of unusual genotypes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2003, 69: 3919-3923.

R.M. Pintó, C. Villena, F. Le Guyader, S. Guix, S. Caballero, M. Pommepuy & A. Bosch. Astrovirus detection in wastewater samples. Water Science and Technology. 2001, 43: 73-76.

[pdf] F.X.Abad, C. Villena, S. Guix, S. Caballero, R.M. Pintó & A. Bosch. The potential role of fomites in the vehicular transmission of human astroviruses. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2001, 67: 3904-3907.

A. Bosch, F.X. Abad & R.M. Pintó. Virus entéricos en fomites. Mundo Científico. 1999, 203: 57-63.

[pdf] A. Bosch. Human enteric viruses in the water environment: a minireview. International Microbiology. 1998, 1: 191-196.

[pdf] F.X. Abad, R.M. Pintó & A. Bosch. Flow cytometry detection of infectious rotavirus in clinical and environmental samples. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1998, 64: 2392-2396.

F.X. Abad, R.M. Pintó & A. Bosch. Disinfection of human enteric viruses on fomites. FEMS Microbiology Letters 1997, 156: 107-111.

F.X. Abad, A. Bosch, J. Comas, D. Villalba & R.M. Pintó. Evaluation of flow-cytometry for the monitoring of infectious human rotavirus in water. Water Science and Technology 1997, 35: 451-453.

A. Bosch, R.M. Pintó, C. Villena & F.X. Abad. Persistence of human astrovirus in fresh and marine water. Water Science and Technology 1997, 35: 243-247.

[pdf] F.X. Abad, R.M. Pintó, C. Villena, R. Gajardo & A. Bosch. Astrovirus survival in drinking water. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1997, 63: 3119-3122.

[pdf] R.M. Pintó, F.X. Abad, R. Gajardo & A. Bosch. Detection of infectious astroviruses in water. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1996, 62: 1811-1813.

A. Bosch, R. Gajardo, J.M. Díez & R.M. Pintó. Non isotopic automatable molecular procedures for the detection of enteroviruses. Molecular and Cellular Probes 1996, 10: 81-89.

A. Bosch. The survival of enteric viruses in the water environment. Microbiologia SEM. 1995, 11: 393-396.

R.M. Pintó, R. Gajardo, F.X. Abad & A. Bosch. Detection of fastidious infectious enteric viruses in water Environmental Science & Technology 1995, 29: 2636-2638.

R. Gajardo, N. Bouchriti, R.M. Pintó & A. Bosch. Genotyping of rotaviruses isolated from sewage. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 1995, 61: 3460-3462.

R. Gajardo, R.M. Pintó & A. Bosch. Polymerase chain reaction amplification and typing of rotavirus in environmental samples. Water Science and Technology 1995, 31: 371-374.

R.M. Pintó, J.M. Diez & A. Bosch. Use of the colonic carcinoma cell line CaCo-2 for in vivo amplification and detection of enteric viruses. Journal of Medical Virology 1994, 44: 310-315.

F.X. Abad, R.M. Pintó & A. Bosch. Survival of enteric viruses on environmental fomites. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1994, 60: 3704-3710.

F.X. Abad, R.M. Pintó, J.M. Diez & A. Bosch. Disinfection of human enteric viruses in water by copper and silver in combination with low levels of chlorine. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1994, 60: 2377-2383.