Predicting viral gastroenteritis epidemic using sewage
Daisuke Furuya,
Tomomi Yajima,
Tomokazu Indo
et al.
Abstract:Viral gastroenteritis caused by Caliciviruses is found all over the world. This study aims to estimate the number of people infected with viral gastroenteritis based on the virus concentration in sewage collected from sewage treatment plants in 11 major cities in Hokkaido. Norovirus GI and GII were detected in all plants (11/11, 100%) and Sapovirus in 9 plants (9/11, 82%), with concentrations of Norovirus GI, GII, and Sapovirus ranging from 536 to 78,087 copies/L, 99,586 to 5,476,257 copies/L, and 0 to 18,767,… Show more
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