Detection of nineteen enteric viruses in raw sewage in Japan

• Published in: Infection, genetics and evolution Vol. 63; pp. 17 - 23
• Main Authors: Thongprachum, Aksara, Fujimoto, Tsuguto, Takanashi, Sayaka, Saito, Hiroyuki, Okitsu, Shoko, Shimizu, Hiroyuki, Khamrin, Pattara, Maneekarn, Niwat, Hayakawa, Satoshi, Ushijima, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Adenoviridae; Bocaparvovirus; Cardiovirus B; Cosavirus; Enteric viruses; Enterovirus; Gastroenteritis; genotype; hepatitis A; Hepatovirus A; humans; Japan; monitoring; Norovirus; Orthohepevirus A; Parechovirus A; polyethylene glycol; Protoparvovirus; Raw sewage; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; risk assessment; Rotavirus A; Rotavirus B; Rotavirus C; Salivirus; Sapovirus; sewage; viruses; Japan; Raw sewage; Gastroenteritis; Japan; Enteric viruses

One-year surveillance for enteric viruses in raw sewage was conducted in Kansai area, central part of Japan from July 2015 to June 2016. The raw sewage was collected monthly from an inlet polluted pool and was concentrated by polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation. Twelve sewage samples were screen...