Volume 16, Number 6—June 2010
Letter
Imported Mollusks and Dissemination of Human Enteric Viruses
David Polo, M. Luz Vilariño, Carmen F. Manso, and Jesús L. Romalde
Table
Viral detection and quantification in imported mollusk samples*
| Country of origin (no. samples) | HAV positive† |
Norovirus positive |
Astrovirus positive, no. (%)¶ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GI‡ |
GII§ |
||||||||
| No. (%) | QR | No. (%) | QR | No. (%) | QR | ||||
| Morocco (34) | 5 (15) | 3.5 x 104–1.1 x 107 | 2 (6) | 1.4 x 105–8.9 x 105 | 7 (21) | ||||
| Peru (13) | 1 (8) | 4.7 x 103 | 4 (31) | 2 x 105–1.8 x 107 | 2 (15) | 1 x 105–1.4 × 106 | 1 (8) | ||
| Vietnam (2) | 1 (50) | 4.4 x 107 | 2 (100) | 3.3 x 106–7.7 x 107 | 1 (50) | ||||
| South Korea (1) | 1 (100) | 1.2 × 106 | – | ||||||
| Total (50) | 2 (4) | 103–107 | 12 (24) | 104–107 | 4 (8) | 105–106 | 9 (18) | ||
*HAV, hepatitis A virus; GI, genotype I; QR, quantification range (RNA copies/g digestive tissue).
†Obtained from Donax sp. and Meretrix lyrata.
‡Obtained from Donax sp., Callista chione, Transanella pannosa, M. lyrata, and Ensis sp.
§Obtained from Donax sp., T. pannosa, and Ensis sp.
¶Obtained from C. chione, T. pannosa, M. lyrata, and Ensis sp.
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