title: Detection of multiple sapovirus genotypes and genogroups in oyster-associated outbreaks.
abstract: This report describes multiple viruses in stool specimens from oyster-associated gastroenteritis. Eleven outbreaks of oyster-associated gastroenteritis were examined for enteric viruses between January 2002 and March 2006 in Japan. Multiple norovirus genotypes were detected in all outbreaks; moreover, kobuvirus, sapovirus, and astrovirus were also detected in 6, 3, and 1 of the 11 outbreaks, respectively. Notably, multiple sapovirus genogroups were detected in the stool specimens from subjects in two oyster-associated gastroenteritis outbreaks.
authors.affiliation: Yamaguchi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Yamaguchi 753-0821, Japan. okamoto.reiko@pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakagawa-Okamoto
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arita-Nishida
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Hirotomo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Naokazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Tomoichiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D005506:Food Contamination; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D029322:Norovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D029341:Sapovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012758:Shellfish / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral