Human Sapovirus in Clams, Japan

Authors :: Grant S. Hansman
Schoichi Toda
Reiko Okamoto
Naokazu Takeda
Tomoko Nishida
Osamu Nishio
Daisuke Sano
Hirokazu Kimura
Takahiro Imai
Tatsuo Omura
Mamoru Noda
Tomoichiro Oka
You Ueki
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 620-620 (2007), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2007
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007.
Abstract: Human sapovirus was detected in 4 of 57 clam packages by reverse transcription–PCR and sequence analysis. This represents the first finding of sapovirus contamination in food. Closely matching sequences have been detected in stool specimens from patients with gastroenteritis in Japan, which indicates a possible food-to-human transmission link.

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