Isolation and genomic sequence of hepatitis A virus from mixed frozen berries in Italy

Chiara Chiapponi; Enrico Pavoni; Barbara Bertasi; Laura Baioni; Erika Scaltriti; Edoardo Chiesa; Luca Cianti; Marina Nadia Losio; Stefano Pongolini

doi:10.1007/s12560-014-9149-1

Isolation and genomic sequence of hepatitis A virus from mixed frozen berries in Italy

Food Environ Virol. 2014 Sep;6(3):202-6. doi: 10.1007/s12560-014-9149-1. Epub 2014 May 24.

Authors

Chiara Chiapponi¹, Enrico Pavoni, Barbara Bertasi, Laura Baioni, Erika Scaltriti, Edoardo Chiesa, Luca Cianti, Marina Nadia Losio, Stefano Pongolini

Affiliation

¹ Sezione Diagnostica di Parma, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna (IZSLER), 43126, Parma, Italy, [email protected].

Abstract

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) was detected in two samples of mixed frozen berries linked to Italian hepatitis A outbreak in April and September 2013. Both viruses were fully sequenced by next-generation sequencing and the genomes clustered with HAV complete genomes of sub-genotype IA with nucleotide identities of 95-97%.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Food Contamination / analysis*
Frozen Foods / virology*
Fruit / virology*
Genome, Viral
Hepatitis A virus / classification
Hepatitis A virus / genetics*
Hepatitis A virus / isolation & purification*
Italy
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny