Human Parechovirus Infection in Children Hospitalized with Acute Gastroenteritis in Sri Lanka

Of 362 fecal specimens collected from infants and children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Sri Lanka from September 2005 to August 2006, 30 (8.3%) were positive for human parechovirus (HPeV). Six different HPeV genotypes, including HPeV1, -3, -4, -5, -10, and -11, were identified, of thes...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2011-01, Vol.49 (1), p.364-366
Hauptverfasser:	Pham, Ngan Thi Kim, Takanashi, Sayaka, Tran, Dinh Nguyen, Trinh, Quang Duy, Abeysekera, Chandra, Abeygunawardene, Asiri, Khamrin, Pattara, Okitsu, Shoko, Shimizu, Hiroyuki, Mizuguchi, Masashi, Ushijima, Hiroshi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Epidemiology Feces - virology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gastroenteritis - epidemiology Gastroenteritis - virology Genotype Hospitalization Humans Infant Microbiology Miscellaneous Molecular Sequence Data Parechovirus - classification Parechovirus - genetics Parechovirus - isolation & purification Picornaviridae Infections - epidemiology Picornaviridae Infections - virology Prevalence Sequence Analysis, DNA Sri Lanka - epidemiology Virology
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Zusammenfassung:	Of 362 fecal specimens collected from infants and children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Sri Lanka from September 2005 to August 2006, 30 (8.3%) were positive for human parechovirus (HPeV). Six different HPeV genotypes, including HPeV1, -3, -4, -5, -10, and -11, were identified, of these, HPeV11 was reported for the first time.
ISSN:	0095-1137 1098-660X
DOI:	10.1128/JCM.02151-10