Analysis of norovirus gene in hospital sewage after treatment in Liuzhou City, Guangxi
- Author:
CHEN Wei
;
LIU Yi
;
YU Junchi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Treated hospital sewage;
norovirus;
diversity analysis;
molecular pathogenesis;
variation site
- From:
China Tropical Medicine
2025;25(2):198-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To detect norovirus in treated hospital sewage in Liuzhou City, and understand the local prevalence and molecular pathogenic characteristics of norovirus, thereby providing a scientific basis for the prevention and control of the diarrhea epidemic. Methods Treated hospital sewage samples from Liuzhou City, collected between 2016 and 2022, underwent viral enrichment followed by nucleic acid extraction and purification. Norovirus (NoV) nucleic acids were detected using real-time RT-PCR. Positive samples were subjected to high-throughput sequencing of the VP1 region gene sequence, with comparative analysis performed using online databases such as NCBI. MEGA11.0 was used to construct an evolutionary tree, DNAStar5.0 was used to analyze nucleotide sequence homology and amino acid sequence variation sites, and SPSS 21.0 was used for statistical analysis. Results Of 742 samples, 251 tested positive for norovirus, with a detection rate of 33.83%. Among them, genogroup Ⅰ(GⅠ) accounted for 138 cases with a detection rate of 18.60%, showing statistically significant differences in detection rates across the years (χ2=41.403, P<0.05); genogroup Ⅱ (GⅡ) accounted for 176 cases with a detection rate of 23.72%, also showing statistically significant annual variation (χ2=34.524, P<0.05). High-throughput sequencing results indicated that from 2016 to 2022, the genotypes of noroviruses in Liuzhou City were predominantly seven subtypes: GⅠ.4, GⅠ.5, GⅡ.2, GⅡ.3, GⅡ.4, GⅡ.12, GⅡ.17, with other subtypes appearing sporadically. The homology of GⅠ was 71.8% to 100.0%, and for GII it was 68.8% to 100.0%. Analysis of the amino acid sequence variation in the VP1 region of noroviruses revealed 14 amino acid variation sites in the GⅡ.3 subtype, 8 in the non-variant GⅡ.4 subtype, with variation sites for other subtypes not exceeding five. No variations were observed in the amino acid sequences of the VP1 region for GⅠ.4 and GⅡ.17 subtypes. Conclusions The prevalence of norovirus in Liuzhou City presents a diversified trend, and sewage monitoring plays a significant public health role in the early detection and warning of infectious disease outbreaks.
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