TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular detection and characterization of aichi viruses in sewage-polluted waters of Venezuela
AU - Alcalá, Ana
AU - Vizzi, Esmeralda
AU - Rodríguez-Díaz, Jesús
AU - Zambrano, José L.
AU - Betancourt, Walter
AU - Liprandi, Ferdinando
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - The circulation of Aichi virus in a major urban area was demonstrated using molecular detection with samples recovered from a major river polluted with sewage discharges in Caracas, Venezuela. Five out of 11 water samples studied were positive, being classified by phylogenetic analysis as genotype B. Analysis of sewage waters appears to be a useful methodology to uncover the presence of a hitherto undetected fecal pathogen in a given geographical area.
AB - The circulation of Aichi virus in a major urban area was demonstrated using molecular detection with samples recovered from a major river polluted with sewage discharges in Caracas, Venezuela. Five out of 11 water samples studied were positive, being classified by phylogenetic analysis as genotype B. Analysis of sewage waters appears to be a useful methodology to uncover the presence of a hitherto undetected fecal pathogen in a given geographical area.
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U2 - 10.1128/AEM.00501-10
DO - 10.1128/AEM.00501-10
M3 - Article
C2 - 20418428
AN - SCOPUS:77953628756
SN - 0099-2240
VL - 76
SP - 4113
EP - 4115
JO - Applied and environmental microbiology
JF - Applied and environmental microbiology
IS - 12
ER -