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Molecular detection and characterization of Aichi viruses in sewage-polluted waters of Venezuela.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2010
Alcalá Ana, Vizzi Esmeralda, Rodríguez-Díaz Jesús, Zambrano José L, Betancourt Walter, Liprandi Ferdinando
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The circulation of Aichi virus in a major urban area was demonstrated using molecular detection with samples recovered from a major river polluted with sewage discharges in Caracas, Venezuela. Five out of 11 water samples studied were positive, being classified by phylogenetic analysis as genotype B. Analysis of sewage waters appears to be a useful methodology to uncover the presence of a hitherto undetected...
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