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Detection of Human Parechoviruses in Clinical and Municipal Wastewater Samples in Miyagi, Japan, in 2012-2014.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 21 Sept 2016
Abe Miwa, Ueki You, Miura Takayuki, Kimura Shunsuke, Suzuki Yuko, Sugawara Naoko, Masago Yoshifumi, Omura Tatsuo, Watanabe Setsu
Abstract excerpt
In order to study the epidemiology of human parechovirus (HPeV) infections and to evaluate the feasibility of environmental surveillance, we analyzed 281 stool samples, 265 nasopharyngeal swab samples, and 79 municipal wastewater samples for HPeV. The samples were collected in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, between April 2012 and March 2014. HPeV was detected by reverse-transcription-PCR targeting the partial...
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