Sapovirus in water, Japan.
Sapoviruses are etiologic agents of human gastroenteritis. We detected sapovirus in untreated wastewater, treated wastewater, and a river in Japan. A total of 7 of 69 water samples were positive by reverse transcription-PCR. Phylogenetic analysis of the viral capsid gene grouped these strains into 4 genetic clusters.
Hansman
Grant S
GS
National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. ghansman@nih.go.jp
Sano
Daisuke
D
Ueki
You
Y
Imai
Takahiro
T
Oka
Tomoichiro
T
Katayama
Kazuhiko
K
Takeda
Naokazu
N
Omura
Tatsuo
T
D007564:Japan; D010802:Phylogeny; D045483:Rivers / Q000821:virology; D029341:Sapovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012623:Seawater / Q000821:virology; D012722:Sewage / Q000821:virology; D014871:Water Microbiology / Q000592:standards
D012722:Sewage