Molecular detection and characterization of Aichi viruses in sewage-polluted waters of Venezuela.
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.
Alcalá
Ana
A
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela.
Vizzi
Esmeralda
E
Rodríguez-Díaz
Jesús
J
Zambrano
José L
JL
Betancourt
Walter
W
Liprandi
Ferdinando
F
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
D012367:RNA, Viral; D012722:Sewage