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Occurrence of Norovirus GIV in Environmental Water Samples from Belém City, Amazon Region, Brazil.
Food and environmental virology - 1 Mar 2016
Teixeira Dielle Monteiro, Hernandez Juliana Merces, Silva Luciana Damascena, Oliveira Darleise de Souza, Spada Paula Katharine de Pontes, Gurjão Tereza Cristina Monteiro, Mascarenhas Joana D'Arc Pereira, Linhares Alexandre Costa, Morais Lena Líllian Canto de Sá, Gabbay Yvone Benchimol
Abstract excerpt
Noroviruses are the major cause of non-bacterial acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in humans, with few reports about the occurrence of the norovirus GIV strain. We investigated the presence of norovirus GIV in surface water (river, bay, and stream) and untreated sewage, and we determined a positivity rate of 9.4% (9/96). The strains genotyped were GIV.1. To our knowledge, this is the first report of GIV in Brazil.
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