Abstract
Using a simple metagenomic approach, we identified a divergent human parechovirus (HPeV) in the stool of a child in Pakistan. Genomic characterization showed this virus was distinct enough from reported HPeV types to qualify as candidate prototype for the seventh HPeV type.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Child, Preschool
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Feces / virology*
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Genome, Viral
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Humans
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Male
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Pakistan / epidemiology
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Parechovirus / classification*
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Parechovirus / genetics
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Parechovirus / isolation & purification*
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Phylogeny
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Picornaviridae Infections / epidemiology*
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Picornaviridae Infections / virology
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Sequence Analysis, DNA*
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Species Specificity