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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
Accumulation and persistence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) in the mussel Mytilus chilensis was evaluated. Under optimal filtration activity of mussels (temperature 12 degrees C, salinity 3%, feeding twice a day with Dunaliella marina), HAV was concentrated 100-fold from the surrounding water. Similar concentrations of HAV were reached in the filtration apparatus and in the digestive system (hepatopancreas). HAV persisted for about 7 days in mussels. Elimination of HAV from mussels was slower than elimination of poliovirus. Without feeding of mussels (causing low filtration activity), there was no measurable uptake of HAV into mussels, and depuration of HAV from mussels was slower. The ability of mussels to concentrate HAV was used successfully to monitor fecally contaminated river water for the presence of HAV.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0146-6615
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
174-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Accumulation and persistence of hepatitis A virus in mussels.
pubmed:affiliation
Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't