Research Article
Hepatitis A and E Viruses in Mussels from Cherrat Estuary in Morocco: Detection by Real-Time Reverse Transcription PCR Analysis
Table 2
HAV and HEV contamination rate in mussels collected at four sites at Cherrat estuary.
| | Month | Rainfall (mm) | HAV | HEV | | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 |
| | March 2019 | 26.8 | − | + (Ct 29.69) | − | + (Ct 32.78) | − | − | − | − | | April 2019 | 34.5 | − | − | + (Ct 31.75) | − | − | − | − | − | | May 2019 | 45.6 | − | − | - | + (Ct 33.07) | − | − | − | − | | June 2019 | 10.9 | − | − | + (Ct 30.43) | − | − | − | − | − | | July 2019 | 0 | − | − | + (Ct 32.53) | − | − | − | − | − | | August 2019 | 0 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | | September 2019 | 5 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | | October 2019 | 10.1 | + (Ct 33.42) | + (Ct 33.26) | + (Ct 33.23) | + (Ct 33.23) | − | − | − | − | | November 2019 | 32.6 | − | + (Ct 32.75) | + (Ct 32.42) | + (Ct 33.10) | − | − | − | − | | December 2019 | 74.8 | + (Ct 32.83) | + (Ct 33.09) | + (Ct 32.59) | + (Ct 30.38) | − | − | − | − | | January 2020 | 270 | + (Ct 33.23) | + (Ct 30.72) | + (Ct 31.75) | + (Ct 33.41) | − | − | − | − | | February 2020 | 58.4 | − | − | + (Ct 31.16) | + (Ct 32.13) | − | − | − | − | | March 2020 | 18.5 | − | + (Ct 32.78) | − | − | − | − | − | − | | | | 3/13 (23.07%) | 6/13 (46.15%) | 8/13 (61.54%) | 7/13 (53.85%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | | | | 24/52 (46.15%) | 0 (0%) |
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