Sapovirus in Water, Japan

Sapoviruses are etiologic agents of human gastroenteritis. We detected sapovirus in untreated wastewater, treated wastewater, and a river in Japan. A total of 7 of 69 water samples were positive by reverse transcription–PCR. Phylogenetic analysis of the viral capsid gene grouped these strains into 4...

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Main Authors: Grant S. Hansman, Daisuke Sano, You Ueki, Takahiro Imai, Tomoichiro Oka, Hirokazu Kimura, Naokazu Takeda, Tatsuo Omura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/1/06-1047_article