Occurrence of Human Cosavirus in Wastewater and River Water in Japan

Eiji Haramoto; Mikie Otagiri

doi:10.1007/s12560-013-9120-6

Occurrence of Human Cosavirus in Wastewater and River Water in Japan

Food Environ Virol. 2014 Mar;6(1):62-6. doi: 10.1007/s12560-013-9120-6. Epub 2013 Aug 13.

Authors

Eiji Haramoto¹, Mikie Otagiri²

Affiliations

¹ International Research Center for River Basin Environment, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan. eharamoto@yamanashi.ac.jp.
² International Research Center for River Basin Environment, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan.

PMID: 23943064
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-013-9120-6

Abstract

Human cosavirus was detected using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction in 71 % of raw sewage and 29 % each of secondary-treated sewage and river water samples in the Kofu Basin, Japan. The highest concentration was 2.80 × 10(6) copies/l. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed multiple genotypes of the virus in wastewater.

Keywords: Human cosavirus; Picornavirus; Public health; River water; Wastewater.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Genotype
Japan
Phylogeny
Picornaviridae / classification
Picornaviridae / genetics
Picornaviridae / growth & development
Picornaviridae / isolation & purification*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rivers / virology*
Seasons
Sewage / virology
Wastewater / virology*

Substances

Sewage
Waste Water