Population
Samples of whole and shucked Pacific and Olympia oysters contaminated with 10 PFU of poliovirus Lsc-2ab per ml
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
up to 12 weeks
Authors
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Poliovirus survival in oysters raises shellfish safety concerns; leaves open whether current processing standards require viral-specific updates.
Poliovirus can survive in oysters despite refrigeration and standard cooking methods, posing a risk for disease dissemination if harvested from polluted areas.
DiGirolamo et al. (1970) studied this question.
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