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    Multiplex polymerase chain reaction detection of enteropathogens in sewage in Norway

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    2019-03-04
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    Ørmen, Øyvind
    Aalberg, Kristian
    Madslien, Elisabeth Henie
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    Abstract
    The primary objective of this small-scale study was to investigate the occurrence of enteropathogens in sewage (municipal wastewater) in Norway using the commercially available FilmArray® multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system with the gastrointestinal (GI) panel. Our findings indicate that DNA/RNA of several enteropathogens are present simultaneously in Norwegian wastewater systems. The spectre was broad even in smaller communities. With some exceptions, occurrence corresponded more or less to the reported cases of infectious human gastrointestinal disease in the same geographical regions. The effects of different sewage purification techniques were assessed on a limited number of samples indicating that neither chemical nor biological treatment was sufficiently effective to reduce gene material from the pathogens to undetectable levels. Further studies are required to assess the performance and suitability FilmArray® multiplex PCR when used on collective sewage samples in outbreak situations. Additionally, screening sewage samples using multiplex-PCR could be valuable in order to detect new and emerging pathogens and for preliminary analysis of samples before proceeding to more work demanding confirmatory techniques.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12242/2684
    DOI
    10.1186/s13028-019-0445-5
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    Ørmen, Øyvind; Aalberg, Kristian; Madslien, Elisabeth Henie. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction detection of enteropathogens in sewage in Norway. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2019 ;Volum 61.(11)
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