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Genetic diversity of genogroup IV noroviruses in wastewater in Japan.
Letters in applied microbiology - 1 Feb 2011
Kitajima M, Oka T, Haramoto E, Phanuwan C, Takeda N, Katayama K, Katayama H
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AIMS: To investigate the prevalence, seasonality and genetic diversity of genogroup IV noroviruses (GIV NoVs) in wastewater in Japan. METHODS AND RESULTS: Untreated and treated wastewater samples were collected monthly for a year from a wastewater treatment plant in Japan. The concentrated wastewater samples were examined for the presence of GIV NoV genomes with seminested RT-PCR assay targeting partial capsid...
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