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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2003

Reverse transcription-PCR analysis of bottled and natural mineral waters for the presence of noroviruses.

Gilbert Thierry Lamothe, Thierry Putallaz, Han Joosten, Joey D Marugg

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular detection and genotyping of noroviruses.Food and environmental virology · 2012
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Attachment of enteric viruses to bottles.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2007
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Chapter 7 Global Supply of Virus-Safe Drinking Water.Perspectives in medical virology · 2007
    Review
  6. Article
  7. Presence of norovirus sequences in bottled waters is questionable.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2005
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gilbert Thierry LamotheProduct Technology Centre, Nestlé Waters Management and Technology, F-88804 Vittel Cedex, France. Gilbert.Lamothe@waters.nestle.com
Thierry Putallaz
Han Joosten
Joey D Marugg
Nestlé (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A seminested reverse transcription-PCR method coupled to membrane filtration was optimized to investigate the presence of norovirus (NV) RNA sequences in bottled and natural mineral waters. The recovery of viral particles by filtration varied between 28 and 45%, while the limit of detection of the overall method ranged from 6 to 95 viral particles. The assay was broadly reactive, as shown by the successful detection of 27 different viral strains representing 12 common genotypes of NVs. A total of 718 bottled and natural mineral water samples were investigated, including 640 samples of finished, spring, and line products (mostly 1 to 1.5 liters), collected from 36 different water brands of various types and from diverse geographic origins over a 2-year period. In addition, 78 samples of larger volume (10 and 400 to 500 liters) and environmental swabs were investigated. From the 1,436 analyses that were performed for the detection of NVs belonging to genogroups I and II, 34 samples (2.44%) were presumptively positive by seminested RT-PCR. However, confirmation by DNA sequence analysis revealed that all presumptive positive results were either due to nonspecific amplification or to cross-contamination. In conclusion, these results do not provide any evidence for the presence of NV genome sequences in bottled waters.

Indexed as

Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionWater MicrobiologyBeveragesFiltrationGenome, ViralHumansMineral WatersNorovirusRNA, ViralSequence Analysis, DNAMineral WatersRNA, Viral

Identifiers

PMID14602612
PMCPMC262324
OpenAlexW2115849078

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