Identification of picobirnavirus from faeces of Italian children suffering from acute diarrhea.
Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of nucleic acid extracted from stool samples of diarrhoeic children revealed in 3 out of 690 (0.43%) specimens two electrophoretic bands with a migration pattern characteristic of picobirnavirus ds-RNA. In none of the 92 control children were similar bands detected. No other potential enteric pathogens were found in the patients with picobirnavirus infection.
Cascio
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A
Institute of Infectious Pathology and Virology, University of Palermo, Italy.
Bosco
M
M
Vizzi
E
E
Giammanco
A
A
Ferraro
D
D
Arista
S
S
D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000821:virology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D018708:Picobirnavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000821:virology*
D012367:RNA, Viral