Abstract
Of 362 fecal specimens collected from infants and children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Sri Lanka from September 2005 to August 2006, 30 (8.3%) were positive for human parechovirus (HPeV). Six different HPeV genotypes, including HPeV1, -3, -4, -5, -10, and -11, were identified, of these, HPeV11 was reported for the first time.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Feces / virology
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Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
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Gastroenteritis / virology
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Genotype
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Hospitalization
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Humans
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Infant
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Parechovirus / classification
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Parechovirus / genetics
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Parechovirus / isolation & purification*
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Picornaviridae Infections / epidemiology*
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Picornaviridae Infections / virology
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Prevalence
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Sri Lanka / epidemiology
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GENBANK/HQ163869
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GENBANK/HQ163870
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GENBANK/HQ163871
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GENBANK/HQ163872
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GENBANK/HQ163894