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Norovirus genogroups I and II in environmental water samples from Belém city, Northern Brazil.
Journal of water and health - 1 Feb 2017
Teixeira Dielle Monteiro, Spada Paula Katharine de Pontes, Morais Lena Líllian Canto de Sá, Fumian Tulio Machado, Lima Ian Carlos Gomes de, Oliveira Darleise de Souza, Bandeira Renato da Silva, Gurjão Tereza Cristina Monteiro, Sousa Maísa Silva de, Mascarenhas Joana D'Arc Pereira, Gabbay Yvone Benchimol
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated the presence of norovirus (NoV) GI and GII in environmental samples from the northern region of Brazil. Water samples were collected monthly (November 2008/October 2010) from different sources and sewage and concentrated by the adsorption-elution method. The NoV investigation used molecular methods followed by sequencing reactions. The general positivity for NoV was 33.9% (57/168)....
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