Enteric viruses in molluscan shellfish.
One hundred and thirty-seven bivalves were collected for environmental monitoring and the market; all the samples were analysed by RT-PCR test. Bacteriological counts meeting the European Union shellfish criteria were reached by 69.5% of all the samples, whereas the overall positive values for enteric virus presence were: 25.5%, 18.2%, 8.0% and 2.1% for Rotavirus, Astrovirus, Enteroviruses, Norovirus, respectively. Mussels appear to be the most contaminated bivalves, with 64.8% of positive samples, 55.7% and 22.7% respectively for clams and oysters, whereas in the bivalves collected for human consumption 50.7% were enteric virus positive, as compared to 56.4% of the samples collected for growing-area classification. The overall positive sample was 54.0%.
Gabrieli
Rosanna
R
Tor Vergata University, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
Macaluso
Alessia
A
Lanni
Luigi
L
Saccares
Stefano
S
Di Giamberardino
Fabiola
F
Cencioni
Barbara
B
Petrinca
Anna Rita
AR
Divizia
Maurizio
M
D000818:Animals; D019200:Astroviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000821:virology*; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005602:France; D006115:Greece; D007558:Italy; D029322:Norovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012758:Shellfish / Q000821:virology*
D012367:RNA, Viral