title: Surveillance study of hepatitis A virus RNA on fig and date samples.
abstract: A total of 91 fig and 185 date samples were analyzed by reverse transcription (RT) real-time PCR for the presence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) RNA. Two batches of dates tested positive, and the HAV RNA detected was genotyped as IA. These findings warrant further development of methods applicable to food which is consumed untreated and is exported from countries in which HAV is endemic.
authors.affiliation: Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, Zutphen, The Netherlands. lngeborg.boxman@vwa.nl
authors.forename: Ingeborg L A
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Boxman
authors.forename: Nathalie A J M
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: te Loeke
authors.forename: Kyara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Klunder
authors.forename: Geke
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hägele
authors.forename: Claudia C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Jansen
mesh_terms: D028023:Arecaceae / Q000821:virology*; D030681:Ficus / Q000821:virology*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005638:Fruit / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D030041:Hepatitis A virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral