GIV noroviruses and other enteric viruses in bivalves: a preliminary study |
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Authors: | La Rosa Giuseppina Fratini Marta Spuri Vennarucci Valentina Guercio Annalisa Purpari Giuseppa Muscillo Michele |
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Affiliation: | Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy. giuseppina.larosa@iss.it |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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