Isolation of cytopathic small round virus (Aichi virus) from Pakistani children and Japanese travelers from Southeast Asia.
Aichi virus was isolated in Vero cells from 5 (2.3%) of 222 Pakistani children with gastroenteritis but none was found in 91 healthy children. Aichi virus was also isolated from 5 (0.7%) of 722 Japanese travelers returned from tours to Southeast Asian countries and complained of gastrointestinal symptoms at the quarantine station of Nagoya International Airport in Japan. Of 5 Japanese travelers, 3 were returning from Indonesia, and 2 from Thailand or Malaysia. These results indicate that Aichi virus or a similar agent is endemic in Southeast Asian countries and is a cause of gastrointestinal symptoms in children in these areas or in Japanese travelers who visit there.
Yamashita
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Department of Virology, Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan.
Sakae
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Kobayashi
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Ishihara
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Miyake
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Mubina
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Isomura
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000821:virology*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007564:Japan; D008875:Middle Aged; D009663:Norwalk virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010154:Pakistan; D014195:Travel; D014709:Vero Cells / Q000821:virology; D014776:Virus Cultivation / Q000379:methods