Molecular Detection and Characterization of Aichi Viruses in Sewage-Polluted Waters of Venezuela

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  • Walter Betancourt
    Laboratorio de Biología de Virus, Laboratorio de Genetica Molecular, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela
  • Ana Alcalá
    Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular
  • José L. Zambrano
    Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular
  • Esmeralda Vizzi
    Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular
  • Ferdinando Liprandi
    Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular
  • Jesús Rodríguez-Díaz
    Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular

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2010-06-15
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  • 10.1128/aem.00501-10
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American Society for Microbiology

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<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p>The circulation of Aichi virus in a major urban area was demonstrated using molecular detection with samples recovered from a major river polluted with sewage discharges in Caracas, Venezuela. Five out of 11 water samples studied were positive, being classified by phylogenetic analysis as genotype B. Analysis of sewage waters appears to be a useful methodology to uncover the presence of a hitherto undetected fecal pathogen in a given geographical area.</jats:p>

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