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Distribution of Naturally Occurring Norovirus Genogroups I, II, and IV in Oyster Tissues.
Food and environmental virology - 1 Dec 2017
Lowmoung Taruta, Pombubpa Kannika, Duangdee Teerapong, Tipayamongkholgul Mathuros, Kittigul Leera
Abstract excerpt
This study evaluated different tissues of naturally contaminated oysters (Crassostrea belcheri) for the presence of noroviruses. RNA from digestive tissues, gills, and mantle of the oysters was extracted and tested for norovirus genogroup (G) I, GII, and GIV using RT-nested PCR. In spiking experiments with a known norovirus, GII.4, the detection limits were 2.97 × 102 RNA copies/g of digestive tissues, 2.62 × 102...
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