Hepatitis A and E Viruses in Wastewaters, in River Waters, and in Bivalve Molluscs in Italy

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 316-324

  Iaconelli, M ^a   Purpari, G ^b   Libera, S Della ^a   Petricca, S ^a   Guercio, A ^b   Ciccaglione, A R ^a   Bruni, R ^a   Taffon, S ^a   Equestre, M ^a   Fratini, M ^c   Muscillo, M ^a   La Rosa, Giuseppina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Hepatitis E; Molluscs; PCR genotyping; Rivers; Sewages

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; VIRUS RNA; WASTE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ITALY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SHELLFISH; VIROLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIVALVIA; DATABASES, GENETIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ITALY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA, VIRAL; SHELLFISH; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84958114919     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-015-9207-3     Document Type: Article

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