Detection of hepatitis E virus RNA from the bivalve Yamato-Shijimi (Corbicula japonica) in Japan.
To evaluate whether bivalves are contaminated with hepatitis E virus (HEV), samples of a bivalve called Yamato-Shijimi (Corbicula japonica) were examined for HEV by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Genotype 3 HEV was detected from 2 of 32 packages of Yamato-Shijimi obtained from Japanese rivers, which indicated that HEV contaminates river water in Japan.
Li
Tian-Cheng
TC
Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Japan. litc@nih.go.jp
Miyamura
Tatsuo
T
Takeda
Naokazu
N
D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000821:virology*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007564:Japan; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D012367:RNA, Viral