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Temporal dynamics of norovirus determined through monitoring of municipal wastewater by pyrosequencing and virological surveillance of gastroenteritis cases.
Water research - 1 Apr 2016
Kazama Shinobu, Masago Yoshifumi, Tohma Kentaro, Souma Nao, Imagawa Toshifumi, Suzuki Akira, Liu Xiaofang, Saito Mayuko, Oshitani Hitoshi, Omura Tatsuo
Abstract excerpt
Norovirus is a leading etiological agent of viral gastroenteritis. Because of relatively mild disease symptoms and frequent asymptomatic infections, information on the ecology of this virus is limited. Our objective was to examine the genetic diversity of norovirus circulating in the human population by means of genotyping the virus in municipal wastewater. We investigated norovirus genogroups I and II (GI and...
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