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Molecular detection of Aichi virus in raw sewage in Italy.
Archives of virology - 1 Sept 2013
Di Martino Barbara, Di Profio Federica, Ceci Chiara, Di Felice Elisabetta, Marsilio Fulvio
Abstract excerpt
Aichi virus (AiV) is suspected to play a role in viral gastroenteritis in humans. In this study, we assessed the presence of AiV in untreated influent sewage samples collected at four wastewater treatment plants in central Italy. AiV was detected in 6 (12.5 %) of the 48 specimens and in all plants. All of the Italian strains showed the highest nucleotide and amino acid sequence identity to genotype B AiV detected...
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