title: Human sapovirus in clams, Japan.
abstract: Human sapovirus was detected in 4 of 57 clam packages by reverse transcription-PCR and sequence analysis. This represents the first finding of sapovirus contamination in food. Closely matching sequences have been detected in stool specimens from patients with gastroenteritis in Japan, which indicates a possible food-to-human transmission link.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. ghansman@nih.go.jp
authors.forename: Grant S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Hansman
authors.forename: Tomoichiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Schoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: You
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueki
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Omura
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Naokazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000821:virology*; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005506:Food Contamination; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D029341:Sapovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral