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Villamizar R, Peláez-carvajal D, Acero LF. un Identification of enteric viruses from raw water using fluoro-immuno-magnetic separation coupled to RT-PCR. biomedica 2021; 41:745-755. [PMID: 34936258 PMCID: PMC8767791 DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.6032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Introduction: Enteric viruses have been associated with the production of a variety of diseases transmitted by the fecal-oral route and carried through contaminated food and water. Given their structure and composition, they are highly resistant to environmental conditions and most of the chemical agents used in the purification processes. Therefore, the systematic monitoring of raw water is necessary to ensure its quality especially when it is used for producing drinking water for human consumption. Objective: We identifed the presence of rotavirus and hepatitis A virus by means of the fluoro-immuno-magnetic separation technique (FIMS) in raw water taken from four purification plants and their water supplies in the department of Norte de Santander. Materials and methods: The viruses were captured and separated from the water samples using magnetic microparticles functionalized with monoclonal anti-Hepatitis A and antiRotavirus antibodies. Confocal microscopy was used to monitor the viral concentration process and transmission electron microscopy for the morphological visualization of the separated viruses. The reverse transcriptase-coupled polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was applied to confrm the presence of pathogens. Results: The two enteric viruses were identifed in the majority of the analyzed water samples including water supply sources. Conclusion: We determined that the FIMS technique together with RT-PCR is highly effective for the detection of viral pathogens in complex matrices such as raw water.
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Wu R, Meng B, Corredig M, Griffiths MW. Efficient capturing and sensitive detection of hepatitis A virus from solid foods (green onion, strawberry, and mussel) using protamine-coated iron oxide (Fe 3O 4) magnetic nanoparticles and real-time RT-PCR. Food Microbiol 2022; 102:103921. [PMID: 34809947 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2021.103921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hepatitis A virus (HAV) continues to be a public health concern and has caused large foodborne outbreaks and economic losses worldwide. Rapid detection of HAV in foods can help to confirm the source of outbreaks in a timely manner and prevent more people getting infected. In order to efficiently detect HAV at low levels of contamination in foods, rapid and easy-to-use techniques are required to separate and concentrate viral particles to a small volume. In the current study, HAV particles were eluted from green onion, strawberry, and mussel using glycine buffer (0.05 M glycine, 0.14 M NaCl, 0.2% (v/v) Tween 20, pH 9.0) and suspended viral particles were captured using protamine-coated magnetic nanoparticles (PMNPs). This process caused a selective concentration of the viral particles, which could be followed by quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis. Results showed that pH, NaCl concentration, and PMNP amount used for the capturing had significant effects on the recovery efficiency of HAV (P < 0.05). The highest recovery rate was obtained at pH 9.0, 0.14 M NaCl, and 50 μL of PMNPs. The optimized PMNP capturing method enabled the rapid capture and concentration of HAV. A sensitive real-time RT-PCR test was developed with detection limits of 8.3 × 100 PFU/15 g, 8.3 × 101 PFU/50 g, and 8.3 × 100 PFU/5 g of HAV in green onion, strawberry, and mussel, respectively. In conclusion, the PMNP method is rapid and convenient in capturing HAV from complex solid food samples and can generate concentrated HAV sample solutions suitable for high-sensitivity real time RT-PCR detection of the virus.
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Gao J, Zhang L, Xue L, Cai W, Qin Z, Yang J, Liang Y, Wang L, Chen M, Ye Q, Li Y, Wang J, Wu S, Wu Q, Zhang J. Development of a High-Efficiency Immunomagnetic Enrichment Method for Detection of Human Norovirus via PAMAM Dendrimer/SA-Biotin Mediated Cascade-Amplification. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:673872. [PMID: 34354679 PMCID: PMC8329424 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.673872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Human norovirus is a common cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide, and oysters have been found to be the main carriers for its spread. The lack of efficient pre-treatment methods has been a major bottleneck limiting the detection of viruses in oysters. In this study, we established a novel immunomagnetic enrichment method using polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer/SA-biotin-mediated cascade amplification for reverse transcriptase quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) detection. We compared the capture efficiency of traditional immunomagnetic enrichment, biotin-amplified immunomagnetic enrichment, and PAMAM dendrimer/SA-biotin-mediated cascade-amplification immunomagnetic enrichment. The optimal capture efficiency of the novel method was 44.26 ± 1.45%, which increased by 183.17% (P < 0.01) and 18.09% (P < 0.05) compared with the first two methods, respectively. Three methods were all applied in detecting norovirus in 44 retail oysters, the detection rate of the PAMAM dendrimer/SA-biotin-mediated method was 25.0%, which was higher than those of traditional IME (15.90%) and SA-biotin-amplified IME (18.80%) by 9.1 and 6.2%, respectively. In conclusion, the novel method can be applied for the rapid detection of norovirus in oysters, which can help reduce the cost and time of detection and improve detection rates.
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- Junshan Gao
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Micheli L, Fasoli A, Attar A, Donia DT, Divizia M, Amine A, Palleschi G, Salazar Carballo PA, Moscone D. An ELIME assay for hepatitis A virus detection. Talanta 2021; 234:122672. [PMID: 34364473 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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An Enzyme Linked ImmunoMagnetic Electrochemical assay (ELIME) was developed for the detection of the hepatitis A virus (HAV). This system is based on the use of new polydopamine-modified magnetic nanobeads as solid support for the immunochemical chain, and an array of 8 screen-printed electrodes as a sensing platform. Enzymatic-by-product is quickly measured by differential pulse voltammetry. For this purpose, all analytical parameters were optimized; in particular, different blocking reagents were evaluated in order to minimize the nonspecific interaction of bioreagents. Using the ELIME assays, a quantitative determination of HAV can be achieved with a detection limit of 1·10-11 IU mL-1 and a working range between 10-10 - 5 × 10-7 IU mL-1. The cross-reactivity of the commercial monoclonal antibodies against HAV used in ELIME assays was tested for Coxsackie B4, resulting very low. The sensitivity was also investigated and compared with spectrophotometric sandwich ELISA. The average relative standard deviation (RSD) of the ELIME method was less than 5% for the assays performed on the same day, and 7% for the measurements made on different days. The proposed system was applied to the cell culture of HAV, which title was quantified by Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcription PCR (RT¬qPCR). To compare the results, a correlation between the units used in ELIME (IU mL-1) and those used in RT¬qPCR (genome mL-1) was established using a HAV-positive sample, resulting in 1 IU mL-1-10-4 gen mL-1 (R2 = 0.978). The ELIME tool exhibits good stability and high biological selectivity for HAV antigen detection and was successfully applied for the determination of HAV in tap water.
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- Laura Micheli
- Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133, Rome, Italy; Consorzio Interuniversitario Biostrutture e Biosistemi "INBB", Viale Medaglie d'Oro 305, 00136, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Hassan II University of Casablanca, BP 146, Mohammedia, 20650, Morocco; Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The University of Illinois at Chicago, 835 S Wolcott Ave E403 (MC868), Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Roma "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Roma "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Roma, Italy
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- Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Hassan II University of Casablanca, BP 146, Mohammedia, 20650, Morocco
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- Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133, Rome, Italy; Consorzio Interuniversitario Biostrutture e Biosistemi "INBB", Viale Medaglie d'Oro 305, 00136, Rome, Italy
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- Neurochemistry and Neuroimaging Group, (Laboratory of Sensors, Biosensors and Materials) Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of La Laguna, Campus de Ofra s/n, 38071, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133, Rome, Italy; Consorzio Interuniversitario Biostrutture e Biosistemi "INBB", Viale Medaglie d'Oro 305, 00136, Rome, Italy
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Jeong MI, Lee EJ, Park SY, Kim MR, Park SR, Moon Y, Choi C, Ha JH, Ha SD. Assessment of human norovirus inhibition in cabbage kimchi by electron beam irradiation using RT-qPCR combined with immunomagnetic separation. J Food Sci 2021; 86:505-512. [PMID: 33415724 DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.15562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cabbage Kimchi, a traditional Korean fermented food, has occasionally been related to acute gastroenteritis caused by human norovirus (HuNoV). The present study examined the inhibitory effects of electron beam (e-beam) irradiation (1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 kGy) on HuNoV GII.4 in suspension or cabbage Kimchi using reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction combined with immunomagnetic separation (IMS/RT-qPCR). In addition, physicochemical and sensorial analyses were conducted to assess any change in the quality of cabbage Kimchi following e-beam irradiation. Following e-beam irradiation at 1 to 10 kGy, HuNoV significantly decreased to 0.28 to 2.08 log10 copy number/mL in suspension (P < 0.05). HuNoV levels in cabbage Kimchi were also significantly reduced to 0.26 to 1.57 log10 copy number/mL following irradiation with 1 to 10 kGy (P < 0.05) compared to positive control (6.0 log10 copy number/mL). The D-values for 1 log10 reduction (90% inhibition) of HuNoV in suspension and cabbage Kimchi were 4.94 and 6.96 kGy of e-beam, respectively. The pH and acidity in the irradiated cabbage Kimchi were 4.41 to 4.58 and 0.61% to 0.71%, respectively, indicating that e-beam did not affect the optimal pH or acidity. Although a slight increase of greenness was observed in the leaf portion of cabbage Kimchi irradiated with 7 to 10 kGy of e-beam, this color change was minimal and went undetected by panelists in the sensorial evaluation. The five properties of sensorial quality assessed were no different in the irradiated Kimchi sample compared with the control sample (nonirradiated cabbage Kimchi). Therefore, this study suggests that ≥6.96 kGy of e-beam could be applied in the cabbage Kimchi industry to obtain >90% of HuNoV without affecting the quality. PRACTICAL APPLICATION: As the most representative food in Korea, Kimchi needs the sanitation technology that can inhibit viral infection. Our findings suggest that e-beam irradiation can be used to reduce HuNoV effectively in Kimchi without changes in sensorial quality.
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- Myeong-In Jeong
- Advanced Food Safety Research group, Brain Korea Plus, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Gyeonggi, 17546, Republic of Korea.,Microbial Safety Team, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 55365, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Food Safety Research Group, Brain Korea21 Plus, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Gyeonggi, 17546, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Seafood and Aquaculture Science, Institute Marine Industry, Gyeongsang National University, Tongyeong, 53064, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Food Safety Research Group, Brain Korea21 Plus, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Gyeonggi, 17546, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Food Safety Research Group, Brain Korea21 Plus, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Gyeonggi, 17546, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Food Safety Research Group, Brain Korea21 Plus, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Gyeonggi, 17546, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Gyeonggi, 17546, Republic of Korea
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- Hygienic Safety and Analysis Center, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju, 61755, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Food Safety Research Group, Brain Korea21 Plus, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Gyeonggi, 17546, Republic of Korea
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Lee HW, Lee HM, Yoon SR, Kim SH, Ha JH. Pretreatment with propidium monoazide/sodium lauroyl sarcosinate improves discrimination of infectious waterborne virus by RT-qPCR combined with magnetic separation. Environ Pollut 2018; 233:306-314. [PMID: 29096303 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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RT-qPCR allows sensitive detection of viral particles of both infectious and noninfectious viruses in water environments, but cannot discriminate non-infectious from infectious viruses. In this study, we aimed to optimize RT-qPCR-based detection of chlorine-inactivated human norovirus (NoV) and pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) in suspension by pretreatment with an optimal combination of a monoazide and a detergent that can efficiently penetrate damaged viral capsids. Four methods were compared to determine the efficacy of chlorine disinfection (at 1, 3, and 5 min mg/L): (A) RT-qPCR alone, (B) RT-qPCR assay preceded by magnetic bead separation for enrichment of viral particles (MBS-RT-qPCR), (C) MBS-RT-qPCR assay with pretreatment with propidium monoazide (PMA-MBS-RT-qPCR), and (D) PMA-MBS-RT-qPCR assay with pretreatment with sodium lauroyl sarcosinate (INCI-PMA-MBS-RT-qPCR). On the basis of a PMA optimization assay, 200 and 300 μM PMA were used in subsequent experiments for NoV GII.4 and PMMoV, respectively. Optimal INCI concentrations, having minimal influence on NoV GII.4 and PMMoV, were found to be 0.5% and 0.2% INCI, respectively. For NoV GII.4, there were significant differences (P < 0.05) in log10 genome copies between the PMA-treated and the INCI + PMA-treated samples (log10 genome copies differed by 1.11 and 0.59 log10 for 3 and 5 min mg/L of chlorine, respectively). For PMMoV, INCI induced differences in log10 genome copies of 0.92, 1.18, and 1.86, for 1, 3, and 5 min mg/L of chlorine, respectively. Overall, the results of this study indicate that an optimal combination of PMA and INCI could be very useful for evaluating disinfection methods in water treatment strategies.
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- Hae-Won Lee
- Hygienic Safety and Analysis Center, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, South Korea
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- Hygienic Safety and Analysis Center, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, South Korea
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- Hygienic Safety and Analysis Center, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, South Korea
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- Hygienic Safety and Analysis Center, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, South Korea
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- Hygienic Safety and Analysis Center, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, South Korea.
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Villamizar-Gallardo RA, Osma JF, Ortíz OO. New technique for direct fluoroimmunomagnetic detection of rotavirus in water samples. J Water Health 2017; 15:932-941. [PMID: 29215357 DOI: 10.2166/wh.2017.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A new rapid, sensitive and selective method for rotavirus detection in water samples is described in this paper. Amino pink magnetic microparticles were functionalized with monoclonal antibodies and used to capture, concentrate, separate and detect infectious rotavirus particles in distilled and drinking water samples. The fluorescence of the microparticles was used to determine the presumptive presence of rotaviruses by using confocal microscopy. Atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used to confirm the presence of the anti-rotavirus antibodies attached to the surface of the magnetic microparticles as well as that of viruses attached through the antibody. In addition, RNA extraction, quantification and amplification were carried out to validate the microscopic observations. The selectivity of the microparticles was tested in a sample containing a mix of enteric viruses. It was concluded that functionalizing fluoromagnetic microparticles with anti-rotavirus monoclonal antibodies constituted a fast, simple and reliable technique for detecting as low as 10 Rotavirus particles in 1 L of artificial or real water in just 2 hours.
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- Raquel A Villamizar-Gallardo
- Department of Microbiology, Universidad de Pamplona, Km 1 via Bucaramanga Edificio Simón Bolívar 2do. Piso, Pamplona, Norte de Santander 0975, Colombia E-mail:
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- CMUA, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota,Colombia
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- Departmento of Industrial Engineering, Universidad de Pamplona, Pamplona, Colombia
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Lee J, Lee HM, Kim SH, Eun JB, Ha J. Recovery of intact human norovirus from cabbage Kimchi stored at 4 °C and 10 °C during fermentation. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2017; 78:258-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2016.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Parada-Fabián JC, Juárez-García P, Natividad-Bonifacio I, Vázquez-Salinas C, Quiñones-Ramírez EI. Identification of Enteric Viruses in Foods from Mexico City. Food Environ Virol 2016; 8:215-220. [PMID: 27221088 DOI: 10.1007/s12560-016-9244-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Foodborne viruses are a common and, probably, the most under-recognized cause of outbreaks of gastroenteritis. Among the main foods involved in the transmission of human enteric viruses are mollusks, and fruits and vegetables irrigated with wastewater and/or washed with non-potable water or contaminated by contact with surfaces or hands of the infected personnel during its preparation. In this study, 134 food samples were analyzed for the detection of Norovirus, Rotavirus, and Hepatitis A virus (HAV) by amplification of conserved regions of these viruses. From the 134 analyzed samples, 14 were positive for HAV, 6 for Norovirus, and 11 for Rotavirus. This is the first report in Mexico where emphasis is given to the presence of HAV and Norovirus on perishable foods and food from fisheries, as well as Rotavirus on frozen vegetables, confirming the role of vegetables and bivalve mollusks as transmitting vehicles of enteric viruses.
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- José Carlos Parada-Fabián
- Department of Microbiology, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Calle Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n, C.P. 11340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Calle Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n, C.P. 11340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Calle Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n, C.P. 11340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Avenida San Rafael Atlixco 186, Colonia Vicentina, C.P. 09340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Calle Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n, C.P. 11340, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Lin YC, Hipfl E, Lederer I, Allerberger F, Schmid D. A norovirus GII.P21 outbreak in a boarding school, Austria 2014. Int J Infect Dis 2015; 37:25-9. [PMID: 26073003 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Revised: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 05/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES An Austrian boarding school reported a cluster of gastroenteritis on January 10, 2014. Environmental swabs from the school cafeteria and a nearby kebab restaurant tested positive for norovirus. The outbreak was investigated to identify its source(s). METHODS An outbreak case was defined as a student or staff member with diarrhoea or vomiting that developed between January 7 and 13. Details on food exposure were collected via a self-administered questionnaire; risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Norovirus from the stool specimens of cases and asymptomatic kebab restaurant workers were genotyped. RESULTS Twenty-eight cases were identified among 144 persons (attack rate 19%). The outbreak emerged and peaked on January 9, and ended on January 12. Compared to those who did not eat kebab, those who ate kebab on 7, 8, and 9 January were respectively 11 (95% CI 4.2-28), 6.7 (95% CI 3.4-13), and 9.3 (95% CI 4.0-22) times more likely to develop disease within the following 2 days. Stool specimens from three cases and three restaurant workers were positive for norovirus GII.P21. CONCLUSIONS The kebab prepared by norovirus-positive restaurant workers was the most likely source of the outbreak. It is recommended that food handlers comply strictly with hand hygiene and avoid bare-handed contact with ready-to-eat food to minimize the risk of food-borne infection.
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Park S, Jeong H, Jung J, Kim K, Park S, Kim M, Kim Y, Oh Y, Jung K. Monitoring the Hepatitis A Virus in Oyster from Korea. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.4236/aim.2015.513087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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