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Detection of multiple sapovirus genotypes and genogroups in oyster-associated outbreaks.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2009
Nakagawa-Okamoto Reiko, Arita-Nishida Tomoko, Toda Shoichi, Kato Hirotomo, Iwata Hiroyuki, Akiyama Miho, Nishio Osamu, Kimura Hirokazu, Noda Mamoru, Takeda Naokazu, Oka Tomoichiro
Abstract excerpt
This report describes multiple viruses in stool specimens from oyster-associated gastroenteritis. Eleven outbreaks of oyster-associated gastroenteritis were examined for enteric viruses between January 2002 and March 2006 in Japan. Multiple norovirus genotypes were detected in all outbreaks; moreover, kobuvirus, sapovirus, and astrovirus were also detected in 6, 3, and 1 of the 11 outbreaks, respectively....
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