Prevalence of Human Astrovirus in Patients with Acute Gastroenteritis
Annals of Laboratory Medicine
;
: 145-147, 2014.
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in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-110409
ABSTRACT
The prevalence of human astroviruses was tested in patients with acute gastroenteritis by using conventional duplex reverse transcription (RT)-PCR and electrophoresis. Diarrheal fecal samples were collected from 9,597 patients at local hospitals in Seoul. The prevalence of astroviruses was 1.0% (94/9,597 patients; mostly infants), and that of sapoviruses was 0.1% (14/9,597 patients). Age- and gender-wise analyses were carried out on 29 astrovirus-positive patients having complete information on file regarding their age, gender, and other particulars. The results were higher in patients of ages 0 to 14 yr, and 69.0% of the astrovirus-positive patients were females, of which 69.2% were infants (0 to 12 months), and 61.5% were 1-4 yr old. Notably, in the case of 5 to 78-yr-old acute gastroenteritis patients, 100% were females.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Mamastrovirus
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DNA, Viral
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Sex Factors
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Acute Disease
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Prevalence
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Age Factors
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Astroviridae Infections
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Sapovirus
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Feces
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of Laboratory Medicine
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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