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Environmental Surveillance for Noroviruses in Selected South African Wastewaters 2015-2016: Emergence of the Novel GII.17.
Food and environmental virology - 1 Mar 2018
Mabasa V V, Meno K D, Taylor M B, Mans Janet
Abstract excerpt
Norovirus (NoV) GII.4 is the predominant genotype associated with gastroenteritis pandemics and new strains emerge every 2-3 years. Between 2008 and 2011, environmental studies in South Africa (SA) reported NoVs in 63% of the sewage-polluted river water samples. The aim of this study was to assess whether wastewater samples could be used for routine surveillance of NoVs, including GII.4 variants. From April 2015...
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