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]