A Longitudinal Study on Enteric Virus Contamination in Bivalves along the Coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Longitudinal Study on Enteric Virus Contamination in Bivalves along the Coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Published:2021-01-07 Issue:6 Volume:84 Page:946-952
ISSN:0362-028X
Container-title:Journal of Food Protection
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MOTOYA TAKUMI¹^ORCID,NAGATA NORIKO¹,KASHIMURA RYO¹,OHASHI KEIKO¹,SAITO AOI¹,OSAWA SHUICHI¹,GOTO KEIKO¹,IWAMA SADAKI¹,YANAOKA TOSHIKAZU¹,OKAYAMA KAORI²,HIRAI SHINICHIRO³,SUGAI TOSHIYUKI⁴,MURAKAMI KOICHI³,ISHIOKA TAISEI⁵,RYO AKIHIDE⁶,KATAYAMA KAZUHIKO⁷,KIMURA HIROKAZU²³⁶

Affiliation:

1. Ibaraki Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Ibaraki, Japan

2. Gunma Paz University Graduate School of Health Science, Gunma, Japan

3. Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

4. Division of Nursing Science, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

5. Faculty of Agriculture, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare, Gunma, Japan

6. Department of Molecular Biodefence Research, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

7. Laboratory of Viral Infection I, Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

ABSTRACT During the 2014 to 2018 seasons, we conducted a longitudinal study involving enteric virus surveillance in bivalves, including natural oysters and clams harvested in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Some norovirus (NoV) contaminations were detected in natural oysters, whereas no enteric virus was found in clams. NoVs detected in oysters were of the genotypes GII.4 and GII.6, both of which are closely related genetically to the NoV strains prevalent in humans. We found low level of enteric virus contamination in bivalves collected along the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture. The possibility of food poisoning caused by these viruses appears low, and few cases of infectious disease have been observed in the surrounding area. The harvest timing was more related to contamination quantity than the harvest area in many enteric viruses. Our results highlight that contamination of bivalves by enteric viruses may depend upon the prevalence of human diarrhea and illness. HIGHLIGHTS

Publisher

International Association for Food Protection

Subject

Microbiology,Food Science

Link

http://meridian.allenpress.com/jfp/article-pdf/84/6/946/2839429/i0362-028x-84-6-946.pdf

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