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Occurrence of Human Cosavirus in Wastewater and River Water in Japan

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Human cosavirus was detected using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction in 71 % of raw sewage and 29 % each of secondary-treated sewage and river water samples in the Kofu Basin, Japan. The highest concentration was 2.80 × 106 copies/l. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed multiple genotypes of the virus in wastewater.

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This study was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for the Global COE Program from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan. The authors thank the workers of the WWTP for their kind cooperation in providing wastewater samples.

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Haramoto, E., Otagiri, M. Occurrence of Human Cosavirus in Wastewater and River Water in Japan. Food Environ Virol 6, 62–66 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12560-013-9120-6

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