title: Pyrosequencing Analysis of Norovirus Genogroup II Distribution in Sewage and Oysters: First Detection of GII.17 Kawasaki 2014 in Oysters.
abstract: Norovirus GII.3, GII.4, and GII.17 were detected using pyrosequencing in sewage and oysters in January and February 2015, in Japan. The strains in sewage and oyster samples were genetically identical or similar, predominant strains belonging to GII.17 Kawasaki 2014 lineage. This is the first report of GII.17 Kawasaki 2014 in oysters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food, Life and Environmental Sciences, Yamagata University, 1-23 Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-8555, Japan. pu@tds1.tr.yamagata-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.affiliation: New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, 6-6-04 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kazama
authors.affiliation: New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, 6-6-04 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Nabila Dhyan
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Azraini
authors.affiliation: New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, 6-6-04 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshimitsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Konta
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: Miyagi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, 4-7-2, Saiwaicho, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 983-8666, Japan.
authors.forename: You
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueki
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Ermaya Eka
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Cahyaningrum
authors.affiliation: New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, 6-6-04 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Omura
authors.affiliation: Department of Food, Life and Environmental Sciences, Yamagata University, 1-23 Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D029322:Norovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012722:Sewage / Q000821:virology*; D012758:Shellfish / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage
keywords: Norovirus; Oyster; Pyrosequencing; Sewage