Because most infections are spread indirectly through contaminated surfaces or waters, limiting the viral dissemination in the environment represent a key strategy to prevent and control the spread of human viral diseases.
Thus, fomites, and reclaimed, irrigational, and food-processing waters are important targets of our investigations focusing to develop and assess rapid and sensitive molecular methods for the viral detection in these environmental complex matrices. As well, virus survival and disinfection procedures are to be defined to implement prevention and control strategies in different environmental settings.
