title: Persistence of caliciviruses in artificially contaminated oysters during depuration.
abstract: The fate of calicivirus in oysters in a 10-day depuration was assessed. The norovirus gene was persistently detected from artificially contaminated oysters during the depuration, whereas feline calicivirus in oysters was promptly eliminated. The prolonged observation of norovirus in oysters implies the existence of a selective retention mechanism for norovirus within oysters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-6-06, Sendai 980-8579, Japan.
authors.forename: You
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueki
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suto
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okimura
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Omura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017927:Calicivirus, Feline / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015342:DNA Probes; D005506:Food Contamination; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D029322:Norovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000502:physiology / Q000821:virology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012758:Shellfish / Q000821:virology*; D014876:Water Pollution
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes