The public health and recreational risks, virus occurrence and their fate in marine waters, evolution of detection assays are summarized, and progress forecast are described in this paper.

• 本文综述了海洋环境中人类致病性病毒给公众健康、休闲娱乐带来的风险，病毒的发生及其在海水中的命运以及检测手段的进展，并对未来的发展方向进行了展望。