Weekly Variation of Rotavirus A Concentrations in Sewage and Oysters in Japan, 2014–2016

Erika Ito; Jian Pu; Takayuki Miura; Shinobu Kazama; Masateru Nishiyama; Hiroaki Ito; Yoshimitsu Konta; Gia  Thanh Nguyen; Tatsuo Omura; Toru Watanabe

doi:10.3390/pathogens8030089

Pathogens (Jun 2019)

Weekly Variation of Rotavirus A Concentrations in Sewage and Oysters in Japan, 2014–2016

Erika Ito,
Jian Pu,
Takayuki Miura,
Shinobu Kazama,
Masateru Nishiyama,
Hiroaki Ito,
Yoshimitsu Konta,
Gia Thanh Nguyen,
Tatsuo Omura,
Toru Watanabe

Affiliations

Erika Ito: The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
Jian Pu: Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Toyo University, Tokyo 115-0053, Japan
Takayuki Miura: Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health, Saitama 351-0197, Japan
Shinobu Kazama: Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
Masateru Nishiyama: Department of Food, Life and Environmental Sciences, Yamagata University, Yamagata 997-8555, Japan
Hiroaki Ito: Center for Water Cycle, Marine Environment and Disaster Management, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
Yoshimitsu Konta: New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
Gia Thanh Nguyen: Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University, Hue city 530000, Vietnam
Tatsuo Omura: New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
Toru Watanabe: Department of Food, Life and Environmental Sciences, Yamagata University, Yamagata 997-8555, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8030089
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 3
p. 89

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Concentrations of rotavirus A, in sewage and oysters collected weekly from September 2014 to April 2016 in Japan, were investigated using RT-qPCR; results showed up to 6.5 log10 copies/mL and 4.3 log10 copies/g of digestive tissue (DT) in sewage and oysters, respectively. No correlation was found between rotavirus concentration in sewage and oysters and cases of rotavirus-associated gastroenteritis.

Published in Pathogens

ISSN: 2076-0817 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/pathogens

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