Tracing of norovirus outbreak strains in mussels collected near sewage effluents.
Noroviruses from mussels collected near sewage effluents were compared with local patient outbreak strains. Sequence analyses of RNA polymerase-capsid-poly(A)-3' (3.1-kilobase) regions confirmed the 99.9% similarity between genotype I.1 strains from mussels and patient strains from recreational-bathing outbreaks, indicating the potential usefulness of sentinel norovirus mussel studies in tracing human norovirus contamination of coastal waters.
Nenonen
Nancy P
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Department of Infectious Diseases/Clinical Virology, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 10b, 413 46 Gothenburg, Sweden. nancy.nenonen@microbio.gu.se
Hannoun
Charles
C
Horal
Peter
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Hernroth
Bodil
B
Bergström
Tomas
T
D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000821:virology*; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D029322:Norovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D012722:Sewage; D013548:Sweden
D012367:RNA, Viral; D012722:Sewage