Novel human parechovirus from Brazil

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Feb;15(2):310-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1502.081028.

Abstract

Human parechoviruses (HPeVs) were detected by reverse transcription-PCR in 16.1% of 335 stool samples from children <6 years of age with enteritis in Salvador, Brazil. Whole genome sequencing of 1 sample showed a novel HPeV that has been designated as HPeV8.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology
  • Diarrhea / virology
  • Enteritis* / epidemiology
  • Enteritis* / virology
  • Feces / virology
  • Genome, Viral
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Parechovirus / classification*
  • Parechovirus / genetics
  • Parechovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Picornaviridae Infections* / epidemiology
  • Picornaviridae Infections* / virology
  • RNA, Viral / analysis
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • RNA, Viral