Carina Pacheco Cantelli, Guilherme Caetano Lanzieri Tavares, Sylvia Kahwage Sarmento, Fernanda Marcicano Burlandy, Tulio Machado Fumian, Adriana Gonçalves Maranhão, Emanuelle de Souza Ramalho Ferreira da Silva, Marco Aurélio Pereira Horta, Marize Pereira Miagostovich, Zhihui Yang, José Paulo Gagliardi Leite
This study investigated the prevalence and genetic diversity of gastroenteric viruses in mussels and oysters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One hundred and thirty-four marketed bivalve samples were obtained between January and December 2022. The viral analysis was performed according to ISO/TS 15216, and the screening revealed the detection of norovirus GII/GI (40.3%), sapovirus (SaV; 12.7%), human mastadenovirus (7.5%), and rotavirus A (RVA; 5.9%). In total, 44.8% (60) of shellfish samples tested positive for one or more viruses, 46...
February 20, 2024: Viruses