1. Oyster Crassostrea gigas, a good model for correlating viral and chemical contamination in the marine environment.
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Fiorito F, Di Concilio D, Lambiase S, Amoroso MG, Langellotti AL, Martello A, Esposito M, Galiero G, and Fusco G
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- Animals, Seafood, Crassostrea, Norovirus, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Water Pollutants, Chemical analysis
- Abstract
To establish a relationship between viruses and chemicals, they were analysed in oyster Crassostrea gigas from an Italian experimental station. The chemicals concentrations were: Σ6 NDL-PCBs 0.82-7.12 ng g
-1 ; BaP LOQ (<0.2 μg kg-1 ) to 1.2 μg kg-1 ; PAH4 LOQ (<0.2 μg kg-1 ) to 9.8 μg kg-1 ; Cd 0.073-0.365 mg kg-1 ; Pb 0.010-0.487 mg kg-1 ; and Hg < LOQ (0.089 mg kg-1 ). The viruses identified included: noroviruses (NoVGI/GII), astrovirus (AsV), rotavirus (RV), adenovirus (AdV), and sapovirus (SaV), while hepatitis A, hepatitis E, and Aichi viruses were not detected. Significant correlations were observed for NDL-PCBs with NoVGI, NoVGII, and AdV; BaP and PAH4 with NoVGI and AsV; Cd with RV; Pb with NoVGI and AsV; PAHs with Pb; AsV with NoVGI; and AdV with NoVGII. The study indicated as C. gigas is a model for correlating pollutants and foodborne viruses, whose co-presence may represent an additional food safety risk., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2021
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