Prevalence of 10 human polyomaviruses in fecal samples from children with acute gastroenteritis: a case-control study

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Sep;51(9):3107-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01324-13. Epub 2013 Jul 3.

Abstract

We conducted a case-control study to explore the prevalence of 10 human polyomaviruses in fecal specimens from hospitalized children with diarrhea and asymptomatic control subjects by using multiplex PCR detected by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. The differences between cases and controls were not statistically significant.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Case-Control Studies
  • Child, Hospitalized
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology
  • Diarrhea / virology
  • Feces / virology*
  • Female
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
  • Gastroenteritis / virology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Polyomavirus / classification
  • Polyomavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Polyomavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Polyomavirus Infections / virology*
  • Prevalence
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization