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
Abstract
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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.
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