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Ellender RD, Mapp JB, Middlebrooks BL, et al. Natural Enterovirus and Fecal Coliform Contamination of Gulf Coast Oysters. J Food Prot. 1980;43(2):105-110doi: 10.4315/0362-028X-43.2.105.
Ellender, R. D., Mapp, J. B., Middlebrooks, B. L., Cook, D. W., & Cake, E. W. (1980). Natural Enterovirus and Fecal Coliform Contamination of Gulf Coast Oysters. Journal of food protection, 43(2), 105-110. https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X-43.2.105
Ellender, R D, et al. "Natural Enterovirus and Fecal Coliform Contamination of Gulf Coast Oysters." Journal of food protection vol. 43,2 (1980): 105-110. doi: https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X-43.2.105
Ellender RD, Mapp JB, Middlebrooks BL, Cook DW, Cake EW. Natural Enterovirus and Fecal Coliform Contamination of Gulf Coast Oysters. J Food Prot. 1980 Feb;43(2):105-110. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X-43.2.105. PMID: 30822909.
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J Food Prot. 1980 Feb;43(2):105-110. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X-43.2.105.

Natural Enterovirus and Fecal Coliform Contamination of Gulf Coast Oysters.

Journal of food protection

R D Ellender, J B Mapp, B L Middlebrooks, D W Cook, E W Cake

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401 and Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

PMID: 30822909 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-43.2.105

Abstract

The numbers of fecal coliforms and enteroviruses present in oysters and/or their growing waters of two Mississippi reefs were determined over a 12-month period. Bacterial and viral levels reflected the classification of the waters at each location as set by the Mississippi State Board of Health in compliance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program, but statistically significant correlations between these levels were not observed. Twelve viral isolates were found at an approved oyster harvesting location, eight of which were identified as poliovirus type 1. At the prohibited site, 146 viruses were isolated including poliovirus types 1 and 2, echovirus type 24 and several isolates which remain to be identified. The number of virus isolates from samples from each location represented approximately 35% of the number of plaques observed; however, no consistent ratio of plaque to confirmed virus was demonstrated. The results suggest that the fecal coliform levels in oyster growing waters do not reflect the level of virus contaminaton in either approved or prohibited waters.

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