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ArticleFood and environmental virology2017

Evaluation of Two Triplex One-Step qRT-PCR Assays for the Quantification of Human Enteric Viruses in Environmental Samples.

Kata Farkas, Dafydd E Peters, James E McDonald, Alexis de Rougemont, Shelagh K Malham, Davey L Jones

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Article in Food and environmental virology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kata FarkasSchool of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK. fkata211@gmail.com.
Dafydd E PetersSchool of Medical Sciences, Bangor University, Brigantia Building, Penrallt Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2AS, UK.
James E McDonaldSchool of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK.
Alexis de RougemontCentre National de Référence Des Virus Entériques, Laboratoire de Virologie-Sérologie, CHU de Dijon, 2 rue Angélique Ducoudray, BP 37013, 21070, Dijon Cedex, France.
Shelagh K MalhamSchool of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, LL59 5AB, UK.
Davey L JonesSchool of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK.
Bangor University · GBUniversité de Bourgogne · FR

Funding

Natural Environment Research Council NE/M01996/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human enteric viruses are responsible for waterborne and shellfish-associated disease outbreaks worldwide. Quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) is often used to assess the health risks associated with shellfish and environmental water, but viral titres in sediments are less commonly investigated. In this study, we developed and validated two multiplex qRT-PCR assays for aquatic sediment and shellfish samples targeting viruses that are a common cause of gastroenteritis (norovirus GI, GII and hepatitis A virus), two emerging viruses (sapovirus and hepatitis E virus), along with mengovirus (MgV), which is often used as a sample process control for the assessment of RNA extraction efficiency. Singleplex and multiplex assays demonstrated comparable PCR efficiencies and gave reliable results over a wide concentration range. The multiplex assays showed remarkable sensitivity with a limit of detection of 1 RNA copy/µL nucleic acid extract for all target viruses and limits of quantification of 3-18 RNA copies/µL for the targeted human pathogenic viruses and 20-40 RNA copies/µL for MgV. The results demonstrated the veracity of multiplex qRT-PCR for the estimation of viral titres in sediment and shellfish, allowing the rapid assessment of viral infection risks associated with environments exposed to wastewater contamination.

Indexed as

EnterovirusEnterovirus InfectionsFood ContaminationGeologic SedimentsHumansMultiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionShellfishWastewaterWastewaterEnteric virusesMultiplex real-time reverse transcription PCRNucleic acid quantificationSedimentShellfish

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PMID28391510
PMCPMC5548846
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