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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4011-4017, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01044-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Aichi Virus, Norovirus, Astrovirus, Enterovirus, and Rotavirus Involved in Clinical Cases from a French Oyster-Related Gastroenteritis Outbreak{triangledown}

Françoise S. Le Guyader,1* Jean-Claude Le Saux,1 Katia Ambert-Balay,2 Joanna Krol,1 Ophelie Serais,3 Sylvain Parnaudeau,1 Hélène Giraudon,2 Gilles Delmas,4 Monique Pommepuy,1 Pierre Pothier,2 and Robert L. Atmar5

IFREMER, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Nantes, France,1 Laboratoire de Virologie et Microbiologie Médicale et Moléculaire, Reference Laboratory for Enteric Viruses, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Dijon, France,2 Laboratoire Environnement Ressources, IFREMER, Sète, France,3 Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Département Maladies Infectieuses, Unité Infections Entériques, Alimentaires et Zoonoses, Saint-Maurice, France,4 Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas5

Received 3 June 2008/ Returned for modification 25 July 2008/ Accepted 30 September 2008

Following a flooding event close to a shellfish production lagoon, 205 cases of gastroenteritis were linked to oyster consumption. Twelve stool samples from different individuals were collected. Analysis showed that eight samples were positive for multiple enteric viruses, and one stool sample had seven different enteric viruses. Analysis of shellfish implicated in the outbreak allowed detection of the same diversity of enteric viruses, with some viral genomic sequences being identical to those obtained from stool sample analysis. Shellfish were contaminated by as many as five different enteric viruses. For the first time in Europe, Aichi virus was identified in oyster samples. Shellfish samples collected over 3 weeks following the outbreak showed a progressive decline in the level of virus contamination as measured by the virus diversity detected and by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, IFREMER, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes cedex 03, France. Phone: 33 2 40 37 40 52. Fax: 33 2 40 37 40 73. E-mail: sleguyad{at}ifremer.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 8 October 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4011-4017, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01044-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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