Review Article
Prevalence of Human Sapovirus in Low and Middle Income Countries
Table 3
Summary of human SV detection from 4 studies (water samples) conducted in low and middle income countries.
| Country | World Bank Classification as of year 2018 | Samples | Prevalence (season) | Method used | Rate of detection | Reference | Type | Size | Duration |
| Brazil | Upper middle income | Wastewater | 156 | From 2012 to 2014 | Summer and Autumn | Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) | 51/156 (33%) | Fioretti et al [24] |
| South Africa | Upper middle income | River water | 99 | From 2009 to 2010 | May, Aug, Nov (2009); Jan, April (2010) | RT-PCR | 48/99 (48.5%) | Murray et al [58] | Wastewater | 51 | From August 2010 to December 2011 | August (2010), June, July (2011) | Real-Time qPCR | 37/51 (72.5%) | Murray et al [59] | Water (various source) | 10 | January and March 2012 | January and March 2012 | Real-Time PCR | 8/10 (80%) | Murray and Taylor [60] |
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