Evaluation of commercial kits for the extraction and purification of viral nucleic acids from environmental and fecal samples

•We evaluate three commercial kits for extraction of viral DNA/RNA from environmental matrices.•We quantify viral genomes and estimate inhibition levels using TaqMan-based quantitative PCR.•The extraction efficiencies are comparable in samples found to have low level of inhibitors.•The MOBIO kit pro...

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