TABLE 2.
Percentage of human enteric viruses before and after depuration of 18 oyster and 18 mussel samplesa
| Shellfish | % of samples with contaminationa:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
E. colib
|
ADV
|
HAV
|
EV
|
NLVI
|
NLVII
|
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| ND | D | ND | D | ND | D | ND | D | ND | D | ND | D | |
| C. gigas | 61 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 22 | 19 |
| M. galloprovincialis | 61 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 61 | 6 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
a
ND, nondepurated shellfish; D, depurated shellfish.
b
E. coli values were within the limits allowed by current legislation for human consumption in all depurated samples (3).