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Culture of infectious human norovirus isolated from live contaminated oysters.
International journal of food microbiology - 2 Dec 2026
Marteau Flora, Cuau Marine, Le Mennec Cécile, Waldman Prunelle, Perelle Sylvie, Atmar Robert L, Estes Mary K, Le Guyader Françoise S, Desdouits Marion
Abstract excerpt
Human noroviruses are a major cause of foodborne outbreaks worldwide. Filter-feeding shellfish, such as oysters, can bioaccumulate these viruses in their digestive tissue when grown in sewage-impacted coastal areas and are often implicated in norovirus foodborne outbreaks. Despite the high sensitivity of current molecular assays, these methods for norovirus detection in shellfish fail to distinguish between...
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- Norovirus
- Animals
- Ostreidae
- Humans
- Shellfish
- Food Contamination
