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Weekly variations in norovirus genogroup II genotypes in Japanese oysters.
International journal of food microbiology - 2 Nov 2018
Pu Jian, Miura Takayuki, Kazama Shinobu, Konta Yoshimitsu, Azraini Nabila Dhyan, Ito Erika, Ito Hiroaki, Omura Tatsuo, Watanabe Toru
Abstract excerpt
Increased levels of norovirus contamination in oysters were reportedly associated with a gastroenteritis epidemic occurring upstream of an oyster farming area. In this study, we monitored the norovirus concentration in oysters weekly between November 2014 and March 2015 and investigated the statistical relationship between norovirus genogroup II (GII) concentrations in oyster and sewage samples and the number of...
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