https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2009.1145

DISTRIBUTION OF A NEW VARIANT GII.b/HILVERSUM OF NOROVIRUS IN RETAIL MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS

AIVI - September 2009 - Issue 5
Submitted: 13 February 2013
Accepted: 13 February 2013
Published: 13 September 2009
PCR, n-PCR, NoV
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P. Di Pinto
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia - Università di Bari, Italy.
V. Terio
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia - Università di Bari, Italy.
V. Martella
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia - Università di Bari, Italy.
G.M. Tantillo
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia - Università di Bari, Italy.
Norovirus is a common cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks associated with consumption of raw shellfish. The majority of norovirus infections world-wide are due to genogroup II noroviruses. Mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) at the end of the commercial chain, the points of purchase, were sampled and screened by an hemi-nested RT-PCR specific for genogroup II noroviruses. Noroviral RNA was detected in 10% of the samples, with the lower frequency being observed in samples obtained from hypermarkets (8%) rather than in samples from open-air markets and fish shops (16% and 12%, respectively), suggesting more efficient systems of purification and control being enacted by shellfish producers and suppliers of large retail chains. By sequence analysis, the strains were characterized as norovirus variant GII.b/Hilversum.

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Di Pinto P, Terio V, Martella V, Tantillo G. DISTRIBUTION OF A NEW VARIANT GII.b/HILVERSUM OF NOROVIRUS IN RETAIL MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2009 Sep. 13 [cited 2025 Jan. 8];1(5):65-8. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2009.5.65

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