Detection of human parechovirus in children hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology
; (6): 112-114, 2009.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-332412
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To detect human parechovirus (HPeV) from stool samples of hospitalized children for acute gastroenteritis of undetectable etiology.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>We conducted a real-time PCR to detect HPeV.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The results showed that 24 of 99 (24%) children with gastroenteritis of undetectable etiology were detected with HPeV. Four known HPeV types (HPeV1, 3, 4, 6) were detected in the present study. HPeV1 (50%) was frequently identified as the predominant strain and follow by HPeV3 (25%), HPeV4 (8.3%) and HPeV6 (4.2%). We were unable to type 3 samples.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>HPeV was prevalent in hospitalized children for acute gastroenteritis of undetectable etiology in China. Further study is needed for clarifying the role of HPeV in gastroenteritis.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Phylogeny
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Virology
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Classification
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Picornaviridae Infections
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Parechovirus
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Feces
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Gastroenteritis
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Genetics
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article