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Detection of Hepatitis A Virus and Other Enteric Viruses in Shellfish Collected in the Gulf of Naples, Italy

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  • Giovanna Fusco

    (Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Via Salute 2, Portici, 80055 Naples, Italy)

  • Aniello Anastasio

    (Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Federico Delpino 1, 80137 Naples, Italy)

  • David H. Kingsley

    (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Delaware State University, Dover, DE 19901, USA)

  • Maria Grazia Amoroso

    (Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Via Salute 2, Portici, 80055 Naples, Italy)

  • Tiziana Pepe

    (Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Federico Delpino 1, 80137 Naples, Italy)

  • Pina M. Fratamico

    (USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 E. Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA)

  • Barbara Cioffi

    (Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Via Salute 2, Portici, 80055 Naples, Italy)

  • Rachele Rossi

    (Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Via Salute 2, Portici, 80055 Naples, Italy)

  • Giuseppina La Rosa

    (Department of Environment and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy)

  • Federica Boccia

    (Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Federico Delpino 1, 80137 Naples, Italy)

Abstract

To assess the quality of shellfish harvest areas, bivalve mollusk samples from three coastal areas of the Campania region in Southwest Italy were evaluated for viruses over a three-year period (2015–2017). Screening of 289 samples from shellfish farms and other locations by qPCR and RT-qPCR identified hepatitis A virus (HAV; 8.9%), norovirus GI (NoVGI; 10.8%) and GII (NoVGII; 39.7%), rotavirus (RV; 9.0%), astrovirus (AsV; 20.8%), sapovirus (SaV; 18.8%), aichivirus-1 (AiV-1; 5.6%), and adenovirus (AdV, 5.6%). Hepatitis E virus (HEV) was never detected. Sequence analysis identified HAV as genotype IA and AdV as type 41. This study demonstrates the presence of different enteric viruses within bivalve mollusks, highlighting the limitations of the current EU classification system for shellfish growing waters.

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  • Giovanna Fusco & Aniello Anastasio & David H. Kingsley & Maria Grazia Amoroso & Tiziana Pepe & Pina M. Fratamico & Barbara Cioffi & Rachele Rossi & Giuseppina La Rosa & Federica Boccia, 2019. "Detection of Hepatitis A Virus and Other Enteric Viruses in Shellfish Collected in the Gulf of Naples, Italy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(14), pages 1-10, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:14:p:2588-:d:250038
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