TY - JOUR AU - Hansman, Grant S. AU - Oka, Tomoichiro AU - Okamoto, Reiko AU - Nishida, Tomoko AU - Toda, Shoichi AU - Noda, Mamoru AU - Sano, Daisuke AU - Ueki, You AU - Imai, Takahiro AU - Omura, Tatsuo AU - Nishio, Osamu AU - Katayama, Kazuhiko AU - Takeda, Naokazu T1 - Human Sapovirus in Clams, Japan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 4 SP - 620 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Human sapovirus was detected in 4 of 57 clam packages by reverse transcription–PCR and sequence analysis. This represents the first finding of sapovirus contamination in food. Closely matching sequences have been detected in stool specimens from patients with gastroenteritis in Japan, which indicates a possible food-to-human transmission link. KW - sapovirus KW - shellfish KW - RT-PCR KW - clams KW - Japan KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1304.061390 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/4/06-1390_article ER - End of Reference