Abstract
We describe the complete capsid of a genotype C1-like Enterovirus A71 variant recovered from wastewater in a neighborhood in the greater Tempe, Arizona area (Southwest United States) in May 2020 using a pan-enterovirus amplicon-based high-throughput sequencing strategy. The variant seems to have been circulating for over two years, but its sequence has not been documented in that period. As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in changes in health-seeking behavior and overwhelmed pathogen diagnostics, our findings highlight the importance of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE ) as an early warning system for virus surveillance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 74 |
Journal | Viruses |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2021 |
Keywords
- Arizona
- Enterovirus A
- Human
- Molecular epidemiology
- Poliomyelitis
- Wastewater
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Infectious Diseases
- Virology