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Antonella Cicala

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Molecular Characterization of Coxsackievirus B5 Isolates from Sewage, Italy 2016–2017

2019

Hereby, the partial Viral Protein 1 sequences of Coxsackievirus B5 (CV-B5) from sewage samples, collected in Italy from 2016 to 2017, were compared with those available in GenBank from clinical samples. Phylogenetic analysis highlighted: (I) the predominant circulation of CV-B5 genogroup B in Italy, and (II) the presence of two new sub-genogroups.

0301 basic medicineSettore MED/07 - Microbiologia E Microbiologia ClinicaEpidemiologyViral proteinHealth Toxicology and Mutagenesisviruses030106 microbiologySewage010501 environmental sciencesBiologyCoxsackievirusmedicine.disease_causeBrief Communication01 natural sciences03 medical and health sciencesViral ProteinsPhylogenetic analysiNon-polio enterovirusePhylogeneticsVirologymedicineCoxsackievirusPhylogeny0105 earth and related environmental sciencesPoliovirusePhylogenetic analysisCV-B5Phylogenetic treeSewagebusiness.industryvirus diseasesNon-polio enterovirusesbiology.organism_classificationVirologyEnterovirus B HumanItalyGenBankPoliovirusesCoxsackievirubusinessFood ScienceEnvironmental Monitoring
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Rotavirus Genotypes in Sewage Treatment Plants and in Children Hospitalized with Acute Diarrhea in Italy in 2010 and 2011

2014

ABSTRACT Although the molecular surveillance network RotaNet-Italy provides useful nationwide data on rotaviruses causing severe acute gastroenteritis in children in Italy, scarce information is available on rotavirus circulation in the general Italian population, including adults with mild or asymptomatic infection. We investigated the genotypes of rotaviruses present in urban wastewaters and compared them with those of viral strains from clinical pediatric cases. During 2010 and 2011, 285 sewage samples from 4 Italian cities were tested by reverse transcription-PCRs (RT-PCRs) specific for rotavirus VP7 and VP4 genes. Rotavirus was detected in 172 (60.4%) samples, 26 of which contained mul…

DiarrheaRotavirusSettore MED/07 - Microbiologia E Microbiologia ClinicaAcute diarrheaGenotypevirusesPopulationMolecular Sequence DataSewageBiologyRotavirus genotypes sewage treatment plants Italymedicine.disease_causeApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyAsymptomaticRotavirus InfectionsFecesfluids and secretionsRotavirusGenotypemedicineHumansCitieseducationChildAntigens ViralRotavirus InfectionFeceseducation.field_of_studyEcologySewagebusiness.industryPublic and Environmental Health MicrobiologyReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reactionvirus diseasesSequence Analysis DNARotaviruCapsid ProteinVirologyCitieDiarrheaItalyRNA ViralFeceCapsid Proteinsmedicine.symptombusinessHumanFood ScienceBiotechnology
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