Key result
Human sapovirus sequences persist in 100% of influent and most effluent Japanese wastewater samples.
Why the study?
Genetically diverse human sapovirus strains infect humans in the study area, but their genotype distribution in wastewater was not characterized.
Population
12 influent and 7 effluent wastewater samples in Japan
Design
Genotypic characterization based on partial capsid gene sequences
Authors
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Diverse sapovirus strains circulate in the community; leaves open whether wastewater surveillance can inform clinical epidemiology or public health responses.
Wastewater surveillance in Japan demonstrates the presence of genetically diverse human sapovirus strains.
Kitajima et al. (2011) studied this question. Human sapovirus sequences were identified in 100% of influent and 58% of effluent wastewater samples collected over a year in Japan, comprising 10 distinct genotypes.
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