Tracing of norovirus outbreak strains in mussels collected near sewage effluents.
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SUBMITTER: Nenonen NP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2293140 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr
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Tracing of norovirus outbreak strains in mussels collected near sewage effluents.
Nenonen Nancy P NP Hannoun Charles C Horal Peter P Hernroth Bodil B Bergström Tomas T
Applied and environmental microbiology 20080229 8
Noroviruses from mussels collected near sewage effluents were compared with local patient outbreak strains. Sequence analyses of RNA polymerase-capsid-poly(A)-3' (3.1-kilobase) regions confirmed the 99.9% similarity between genotype I.1 strains from mussels and patient strains from recreational-bathing outbreaks, indicating the potential usefulness of sentinel norovirus mussel studies in tracing human norovirus contamination of coastal waters. ...[more]
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