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Elevated Fecal Mitochondrial DNA from Symptomatic Norovirus Infections Suggests Potential Health Relevance of Human Mitochondrial DNA in Fecal Source Tracking

Year: 2022

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: -value = 0.035). We did not observe any trends in concentrations of HF183/BacR287 in the same samples. These results suggest concentrations of fecal mtDNA may increase during symptomatic norovirus infection and that mtDNA in environmental samples may represent an unambiguously human source-tracking marker that correlates with enteric pathogen exposure risk.

Source: Environmental Science & Technology Letters

DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00140

Authors: Kevin J. Zhu, Brittany Suttner, Jackie Knee, Drew Capone, Christine L. Moe, Christine E. Stauber, Kostas T. Konstantinidis, Thomas E. Wallach, Amy J. Pickering, Joe Brown

Institutions: Georgia Institute of Technology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Emory University, Georgia State University, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Fecal contamination and water quality

Subfield: Water Science and Technology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,101

Funders: National Science Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank Group, Science and Industry Endowment Fund, U.S. Geological Survey, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems

Awards: G1853060064, G2882582361, G5164969739, UNS: Persistence of Molecular Markers Used in Fecal Source Tracking: Metagenomic-Based Assessment of Microbial and Human DNA

OpenAlex ID: W4280614687

FWCI: 0.379

Cites: 62

Cited by: 6

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