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Distribution in tissue and seasonal variation of norovirus genogroup I and II ligands in oysters.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 2010
Maalouf Haifa, Zakhour Maha, Le Pendu Jacques, Le Saux Jean-Claude, Atmar Robert L, Le Guyader Françoise S
Abstract excerpt
Bivalve molluscan shellfish, such as oysters, filter large volumes of water as part of their feeding activities and are able to accumulate and concentrate different types of pathogens, particularly noroviruses, from fecal human pollution. Based on our previous observation of a specific binding of the Norwalk strain (prototype norovirus genogroup I) to the oyster digestive tract through an A-like carbohydrate...
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