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January 1, 2007Emerging infectious diseasesOpen Access

Sapovirus in Water, Japan

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Population

69 water samples (untreated wastewater, treated wastewater, and a river)

Design

Other

Authors

GHGrant S. HansmanGriffith UniversityDSDaisuke SanoTohoku UniversityYUYou UekiShimane Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences

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Implication

Raises possibility of waterborne sapovirus transmission; leaves open its contribution to gastroenteritis burden.

Structured PICO

P
Population
69 water samples (untreated wastewater, treated wastewater, and a river)
I
Intervention
Reverse transcription-PCR and phylogenetic analysis
O
Outcome
Detection of sapovirus

Sapovirus, an etiologic agent of human gastroenteritis, can be detected in various water sources in Japan.

Cite This Study

Hansman et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a700bc6febe604dd708d971https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.061047
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