Comparative Recovery of Two Human Norovirus Surrogates, Feline Calicivirus and Murine Norovirus, with a Wet Vacuum System, Macrofoam-Tipped Swab, and Bottle Extraction Method from Carpets

Journal of Food Protection
David BuckleyXiuping Jiang

Abstract

Human noroviruses (HuNoV) are the leading cause of known foodborne illness in the United States, but direct detection during outbreak investigations is challenging. On the other hand, sampling both hard and soft environmental surfaces can be used to improve outbreak investigations. Currently, we lack virus recovery methods for soft surfaces, such as carpet, despite evidence suggesting that carpets contribute to HuNoV outbreaks. Our aim was to compare two recovery methods, wet vacuum and swabbing, for routine carpet sampling of HuNoV against a laboratory reference method known as bottle extraction (BE). Specifically, we compared the microbial vacuum (MVAC), macrofoam-tipped swab (MS), and BE by using HuNoV surrogates, feline calicivirus (FCV) and murine norovirus (MNV), inoculated on wool and nylon carpet carriers. The highest recovery of infectious FCV from wool was 5.51, 3.76, and 5.16 log PFU, whereas on nylon, recovery was 5.03, 3.62, and 4.75 log PFU by using BE, MS, and MVAC, respectively. On the other hand, the highest recovery of infectious MNV from wool was 6.10, 4.50, and 5.99 log PFU, while recovery on nylon was 6.07, 4.58, and 6.13 log PFU by using BE, MS, and MVAC, respectively. Significantly more PFU and genomic co...Continue Reading

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