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PLoS One ; 11(9): e0162255, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27631733

RESUMO

Three newly discovered viruses have been recently described in diarrheal patients: Cosavirus (CosV) and Salivirus (SalV), two picornaviruses, and Bufavirus (BuV), a parvovirus. The detection rate and the role of these viruses remain to be established in acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in diarrheal Tunisian infants. From October 2010 through March 2012, stool samples were collected from 203 children <5 years-old suffering from AGE and attending the Children's Hospital in Monastir, Tunisia. All samples were screened for CosV, SalV and BuV as well as for norovirus (NoV) and group A rotavirus (RVA) by molecular biology. Positive samples for the three screened viruses were also tested for astrovirus, sapovirus, adenovirus, and Aichi virus, then genotyped when technically feasible. During the study period, 11 (5.4%) samples were positive for one of the three investigated viruses: 2 (1.0%) CosV-A10, 7 (3.5%) SalV-A1 and 2 (1.0%) BuV-1, whereas 71 (35.0%) children were infected with NoV and 50 (24.6%) with RVA. No mixed infections involving the three viruses were found, but multiple infections with up to 4 classic enteric viruses were found in all cases. Although these viruses are suspected to be responsible for AGE in children, our data showed that this association was uncertain since all infected children also presented infections with several enteric viruses, suggesting here potential water-borne transmission. Therefore, further studies with large cohorts of healthy and diarrheal children will be needed to evaluate their clinical role in AGE.


Assuntos
Diarreia/epidemiologia , Parvovirus/isolamento & purificação , Picornaviridae/isolamento & purificação , Pré-Escolar , Diarreia/virologia , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Parvovirus/classificação , Filogenia , Picornaviridae/classificação , Tunísia/epidemiologia
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Emerg Infect Dis ; 21(11): 2055-8, 2015 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26488868

RESUMO

To determine whether rotavirus infections are linked to secretor status, we studied samples from children in Tunisia with gastroenteritis. We phenotyped saliva for human blood group antigens and tested feces for rotavirus. Rotavirus was detected in 32/114 patients. Secretor genotyping showed that P[8] rotavirus infected secretors and nonsecretors, and infection correlated with presence of Lewis antigen.


Assuntos
Fezes/virologia , Gastroenterite/etiologia , Fenótipo , Infecções por Rotavirus/diagnóstico , Rotavirus/genética , Feminino , Gastroenterite/virologia , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Rotavirus/classificação , Rotavirus/patogenicidade , Infecções por Rotavirus/transmissão , Tunísia
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Indian J Virol ; 23(3): 294-302, 2012 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24293816

RESUMO

Human enteroviruses (HEV) are one of the major causes of central nervous system (CNS) infections in pediatrics. A prospective study was conducted to assess the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of enterovirus (EV) infections of the CNS in children under 15-years-old, suspected of having viral CNS infections and admitted to the Pediatric Department of Monastir University Hospital, Tunisia. Enteroviral RNA was detected by 5' NCR nested RT-PCR assay in 33 % (20 out of 60) of cerebrospinal fluid specimens, whereas only six samples (10 %) were EV positive in cell culture. EV-positive patients were clustered according to their clinical manifestations, predominantly diagnosed as aseptic meningitis (65 %) and meningoencephalitis (20 %). Fever, headache, vomiting, and neck stiffness were the most pronounced symptoms. Pleocytosis with the predominance of lymphocytes was observed in 60 % of EV positive specimens. Although patients suffering from EV infections were encountered throughout the year, most occurred during spring and summer months. Using VP1-2A nested RT-PCR and sequence analysis, three of the 20 positive HEV were identified as Echovirus (E)-9. This is the first report of a cluster of aseptic meningitis cases caused by E-9 in Monastir.

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Can J Microbiol ; 57(10): 810-9, 2011 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21942357

RESUMO

Rotaviruses are the most common cause of severe viral gastroenteritis in early childhood worldwide. Thus, the objectives of our study were to determine the molecular epidemiology and the clinical features of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Tunisia. Between January 2003 and April 2007, a prospective study was conducted on 788 stool samples collected from children under 12 years of age who were suffering from acute gastroenteritis. Rotavirus was detected by multiplex RT-PCR in 27% (n = 213) of samples, among them 79.3% (n = 169) cases were monoinfections. The frequency of rotavirus infections was significantly higher among inpatients (29%) than among outpatients (13%) (P < 0.001). The seasonal distribution of rotavirus diarrhea showed a winter peak, with an unusual peak from June to September. The mean duration of hospitalization was 6.5 ± 8.1 days and the mean age was 15.8 ± 22.8 months for rotavirus monoinfections. Fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, and dehydration were observed in 88, 98, 13, and 80 cases, respectively, in children with rotavirus monoinfections. G3P[8] (45.6%) and G1P[8] (23.9%) were the most common genotypes found in our study. The determination of rotavirus infection prevalence and the characterization of the rotavirus strains circulating will help us to better understand the molecular biology and epidemiology of the disease in our country.


Assuntos
Gastroenterite/epidemiologia , Gastroenterite/virologia , Infecções por Rotavirus/epidemiologia , Infecções por Rotavirus/virologia , Rotavirus/classificação , Rotavirus/genética , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Diarreia/epidemiologia , Diarreia/patologia , Diarreia/virologia , Fezes/virologia , Feminino , Gastroenterite/patologia , Genótipo , Hospitalização/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Epidemiologia Molecular , Prevalência , Estudos Prospectivos , RNA Viral/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Rotavirus/isolamento & purificação , Infecções por Rotavirus/patologia , Estações do Ano , Tunísia/epidemiologia
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Virus Genes ; 43(1): 6-12, 2011 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21461589

RESUMO

This study investigated the prevalence of sapovirus infections in children with acute gastroenteritis in Monastir region, Tunisia, from January 2003 to April 2007. Sapovirus was characterized by sequence and phylogenetic analyses of the partial polymerase gene. From 788 fecal specimens tested, 6 (0.8%) were positive for sapovirus, of these, 4 (66.7%) were monoinfections. All sapovirus positive samples were detected in outpatient, contrary to norovirus which was significantly more frequent in hospitalized children than in outpatients (14.5 vs. 9.5%, P = 0.03). The mean age of children with sapovirus infections was 11 ± 5.56 months (range 6-19 months). Sapovirus isolates were detected in March and between September and December 2003. Fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, and dehydration were not observed in patients with sapovirus infections. Analysis of nucleotide and amino acid sequences revealed that all 6 Tunisian sapovirus strains clustered in the GGI/1 genotype and strains were identical in the region sequenced, sharing 90.2% nucleotide identity with the reference strain Sapporo/82/JP (U65427). This represents the first finding of sapovirus infections in North Africa and especially in Tunisia. The data indicate that, contrary to norovirus which can cause severe diarrhea and is an important etiologic agent in hospitalized cases, sapovirus causes mild gastroenteritis in Tunisian children.


Assuntos
Infecções por Caliciviridae/epidemiologia , Infecções por Caliciviridae/virologia , Gastroenterite/epidemiologia , Gastroenterite/virologia , Sapovirus/classificação , Sapovirus/isolamento & purificação , Distribuição por Idade , Infecções por Caliciviridae/patologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Análise por Conglomerados , Fezes/virologia , Feminino , Gastroenterite/patologia , Genótipo , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Filogenia , Prevalência , RNA Viral/genética , DNA Polimerase Dirigida por RNA/genética , Sapovirus/genética , Estações do Ano , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Tunísia/epidemiologia , Proteínas Virais/genética
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Clin Vaccine Immunol ; 17(7): 1111-6, 2010 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20484569

RESUMO

Aichi virus has been described as a novel causative agent of gastroenteritis in humans. In this study, we report the seroprevalence distribution of Aichi virus in Tunisia. A panel of 1,000 sera was screened by applying an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunoglobulin G specific for Aichi virus. A considerable prevalence (92%) of antibody to Aichi virus was found across all age groups. The specific anti-Aichi virus antibodies increased with age, from a high rate (68.8%) in children under 10 years old to about 100% in persons more than 60 years old. We found a statistically significant increase in levels of antibody to Aichi virus according to the age of patients. Immunoglobulin M antibodies were detected among five children. A high frequency of Aichi virus monoinfections in hospitalized children with severe gastroenteritis was previously observed in Tunisia. Aichi virus causes diarrhea with dehydration, fever, and vomiting. This work is the first to establish a correlation between the high seroprevalence of specific Aichi virus antibodies, clinical presentation, and a high frequency of isolation of Aichi virus by genomic characterization in stools of children suffering from gastroenteritis. Our data show the importance and emerging character of Aichi virus in the viral etiology of pediatric gastroenteritis.


Assuntos
Gastroenterite/epidemiologia , Gastroenterite/virologia , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Kobuvirus/isolamento & purificação , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Criança , Diarreia , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Febre , Gastroenterite/diagnóstico , Genoma Viral , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Soroepidemiológicos , Tunísia/epidemiologia , Vômito , Adulto Jovem
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Joint Bone Spine ; 76(5): 565-6, 2009 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19767229

RESUMO

Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare disease in childhood. It has a very polymorphous clinical expression, ranging from a single bony disease to a multisystemic disease involving vital organs. Prognosis has been improved by use of chemotherapy. We report a 2-year-old girl with multifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis of bone and skin, revealed by a pain of the left hip and a limp trailing from 2 months. The diagnosis has been established by histological exam. The patient received chemotherapy and steroids. Outcome was favourable over 6-month follow-up. Trailing limp should evoke diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Skin biopsy should be preferred to a bone biopsy because of its safety.


Assuntos
Articulação do Quadril/patologia , Histiocitose de Células de Langerhans/patologia , Corticosteroides/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Fêmur/diagnóstico por imagem , Fêmur/patologia , Lateralidade Funcional , Articulação do Quadril/diagnóstico por imagem , Histiocitose de Células de Langerhans/diagnóstico por imagem , Histiocitose de Células de Langerhans/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Lactente , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Osteosclerose/diagnóstico por imagem , Otite/diagnóstico , Dor/etiologia , Radiografia , Resultado do Tratamento
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