Tracing of norovirus outbreak strains in mussels collected near sewage effluents.

• 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.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine -- Microbiology in the medical area (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Animals

Bivalvia

virology

Caliciviridae Infections

epidemiology

virology

Disease Outbreaks

Epidemiology

Molecular

Humans

Molecular Sequence Data

Norovirus

classification

genetics

isolation & purification

Phylogeny

RNA

Viral

genetics

Sequence Analysis

DNA

Sequence Homology

Sewage

Sweden

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