Here we present a procedure to quantify enterovirus and norovirus in environmental and drinking waters using reverse transcription-quantitative PCR. Mean virus recovery from groundwater with this standardized procedure from EPA Method 1615 was 20% for poliovirus and 30% for murine norovirus.
Fout, G. S., Cashdollar, J. L., Griffin, S. M., Brinkman, N. E., Varughese, E. A., Parshionikar, S. U. EPA Method 1615. Measurement of Enterovirus and Norovirus Occurrence in Water by Culture and RT-qPCR. Part III. Virus Detection by RT-qPCR. J. Vis. Exp. (107), e52646, doi:10.3791/52646 (2016).