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. 2012 May;78(10):3763-6.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.00251-12. Epub 2012 Mar 16.

Detection of human food-borne and zoonotic viruses on irrigated, field-grown strawberries

Julie Brassard  1 , Marie-Josée Gagné, Mylène Généreux, Caroline Côté
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Detection of human food-borne and zoonotic viruses on irrigated, field-grown strawberries

Julie Brassard et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May.

Abstract

This study evaluated the presence of pathogenic human and zoonotic viruses on irrigated, field-grown strawberries. Norovirus genogroup I, rotavirus, and swine hepatitis E virus genogroup 3 were detected on strawberries, and irrigation water is suspected as the contamination origin.

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Phylogenetic tree obtained using the neighbor-joining method and based on a 348-bp nucleotide sequence of the 5′-end ORF2 gene of human and swine HEV genotype 3 and swine HEV isolated in this study (indicated in black box). Numbers at nodes represent bootstrap values.
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