Detection of Sapovirus in oysters

Microbiol Immunol. 2010 Aug;54(8):483-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2010.00239.x.

Abstract

SaV sequences which are either genetically identical or similar were detected from oysters, feces from gastroenteritis patients, and domestic wastewater samples in geographically close areas. This is the first report of the detection of SaV in oysters which meet the legal requirements for raw consumption in Japan.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Caliciviridae Infections / virology
  • Feces / virology
  • Food Contamination
  • Gastroenteritis / virology*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Ostreidae / virology*
  • Phylogeny
  • Sapovirus / classification
  • Sapovirus / genetics
  • Sapovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Seafood / virology*
  • Sewage / virology

Substances

  • Sewage