Detection of hepatitis E virus RNA from the bivalve Yamato-Shijimi (Corbicula japonica) in Japan

Tian-Cheng Li; Tatsuo Miyamura; Naokazu Takeda

Detection of hepatitis E virus RNA from the bivalve Yamato-Shijimi (Corbicula japonica) in Japan

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Jan;76(1):170-2.

Authors

Tian-Cheng Li¹, Tatsuo Miyamura, Naokazu Takeda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Japan. litc@nih.go.jp

PMID: 17255247

Abstract

To evaluate whether bivalves are contaminated with hepatitis E virus (HEV), samples of a bivalve called Yamato-Shijimi (Corbicula japonica) were examined for HEV by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Genotype 3 HEV was detected from 2 of 32 packages of Yamato-Shijimi obtained from Japanese rivers, which indicated that HEV contaminates river water in Japan.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Animals
Bivalvia / virology*
Hepatitis E virus / genetics*
Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification*
Japan
Phylogeny
RNA, Viral / isolation & purification*

Substances

RNA, Viral