Detection of Sapovirus in oysters.
SaV sequences which are either genetically identical or similar were detected from oysters, feces from gastroenteritis patients, and domestic wastewater samples in geographically close areas. This is the first report of the detection of SaV in oysters which meet the legal requirements for raw consumption in Japan.
Ueki
You
Y
Miyagi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Sendai, Japan. ueki-yo529@pref.miyagi.jp
Shoji
Mika
M
Okimura
Yoko
Y
Miyota
Yasuko
Y
Masago
Yoshifumi
Y
Oka
Tomoichiro
T
Katayama
Kazuhiko
K
Takeda
Naokazu
N
Noda
Mamoru
M
Miura
Takayuki
T
Sano
Daisuke
D
Omura
Tatsuo
T
D000818:Animals; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005506:Food Contamination; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D029341:Sapovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017747:Seafood / Q000821:virology*; D012722:Sewage / Q000821:virology
D012722:Sewage