Human sapovirus in clams, Japan.
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.
Hansman
Grant S
GS
National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. ghansman@nih.go.jp
Oka
Tomoichiro
T
Okamoto
Reiko
R
Nishida
Tomoko
T
Toda
Schoichi
S
Noda
Mamoru
M
Sano
Daisuke
D
Ueki
You
Y
Imai
Takahiro
T
Omura
Tatsuo
T
Nishio
Osamu
O
Kimura
Hirokazu
H
Takeda
Naokazu
N
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
D012367:RNA, Viral