title: First evidence of genotypes Ad3a16 and Ad3a18 in North America, obtained by genetic analysis of infectious human adenovirus from wastewaters of two urban communities in Canada.
abstract: A 1-year study found seven infectious human adenovirus serotypes, including Ad3, Ad31, Ad46, Ad27, Ad22, Ad51, and clinical clone PB3, in wastewaters of two major cities in Canada. Comparative genomic analysis revealed the existence of the reportedly highly contagious Ad3a16/18 genotypes. This is the first report of Ad3a16/18 genotypes in North America.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. sinisa.vidovic@usask.ca
authors.forename: Sinisa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vidovic
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aly
authors.forename: Cecily
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Flemming
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Springthorpe
authors.forename: Syed A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sattar
mesh_terms: D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002170:Canada; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014505:Urban Population; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral