title: Molecular detection and characterization of Aichi viruses in sewage-polluted waters of Venezuela.
abstract: The circulation of Aichi virus in a major urban area was demonstrated using molecular detection with samples recovered from a major river polluted with sewage discharges in Caracas, Venezuela. Five out of 11 water samples studied were positive, being classified by phylogenetic analysis as genotype B. Analysis of sewage waters appears to be a useful methodology to uncover the presence of a hitherto undetected fecal pathogen in a given geographical area.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alcalá
authors.forename: Esmeralda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vizzi
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Díaz
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zambrano
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Betancourt
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liprandi
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005838:Genotype; D052699:Kobuvirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D012722:Sewage / Q000821:virology*; D014505:Urban Population; D014687:Venezuela; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D012722:Sewage