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Improving the efficacy of sewage treatment decreases norovirus contamination in oysters.

Abstract：

:As human population increases worldwide, water quality will become increasingly problematic, and food consumed raw may be of higher risk. This is already evident for oysters grown in coastal areas - despite regulations based on bacterial indicators, oysters are still implicated in food-borne outbreaks worldwide. The pathogens most frequently detected are human noroviruses, which are shed at high concentrations in human excreta and are very resistant to environmental conditions. Sewage treatment plants usually apply a variety of steps such as activated sludge treatment, chlorine or UV disinfection to eliminate contaminants, these processes have variable efficacy. This study demonstrates the impact of replacing an old lagoon-based sewage treatment plant with a new membrane bioreactor sewage treatment plant on human norovirus levels in treated sewage and oysters. While comparable norovirus concentrations were detected in the influent samples, a clear difference was observed in effluent quality, as norovirus was only detected in one sample after treatment in the new membrane bioreactor system, confirming the efficiency of such technology. As a direct impact, oysters located close to the membrane bioreactor sewage outfall were less frequently contaminated by norovirus, and showed lower concentrations compared to the first period of the study when they were exposed to sewage effluent from the lagoon outfall. Shellfish located upstream showed comparable contamination levels suggesting that there are also other sources of norovirus contamination in the estuary. Considering the health benefits of shellfish consumption, improving wastewater quality will make an important contribution to enhancing the safety of shellfish and international food security.

journal_name

Int J Food Microbiol

journal_title

International journal of food microbiology

authors

Schaeffer J,Treguier C,Piquet JC,Gachelin S,Cochennec-Laureau N,Le Saux JC,Garry P,Le Guyader FS

doi

10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.07.016

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-12-02 00:00:00

pages

1-5

eissn

0168-1605

issn

1879-3460

pii

S0168-1605(18)30369-6

journal_volume

286

pub_type

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Improving the efficacy of sewage treatment decreases norovirus contamination in oysters.