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.
Institute of Infectious Pathology and Virology, University of Palermo, Italy.
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Cascio
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Bosco
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Vizzi
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Giammanco
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Ferraro
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Arista
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