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RESEARCH PRODUCT

GIV noroviruses and other enteric viruses in bivalves: a preliminary study.

Giuseppina La RosaM. FratiniV. S. VennarucciA. GuercioG. PurpariM. Muscillo

subject

GIV noroviruMicrobiology (medical)PCR assayEnteric viruseEnteric viruses; GIV norovirus; PCR assays; Shellfish; Microbiology (medical)Shellfish

description

We evaluated the presence of the enteric viruses: norovirus, adenovirus, enterovirus, astrovirus, hepatitis A virus, and hepatitis E virus in bivalves using nested PCR methods and cell culture assays. Noroviruses GII.4 and GIV.1, adenoviruses types 1 and 2, hepatitis A, and echovirus type 7 were detected in the shellfish tested, which were often co-infected. This is the first study to detect such a high level of viral contamination in Italian mussels (up to four different viral groups in a single sample), and the first to document the presence of GIV NoV in shellfish.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-01-01
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/22378550