title: Prevalence of enteric viruses in human immunodeficiency virus seropositive patients in Venezuela.
abstract: The prevalence of enteric viruses associated with gastroenteritis was determined in 125 stool samples from patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with or without diarrhea. Diagnostic assays included enzyme immunoassays for the identification of rotavirus, adenovirus, and Norwalk virus; polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for atypical rotaviruses and picobirnaviruses and polymerase chain reaction for astrovirus. Enteric viruses were detected in 6.4% (8 of 125) of the stools collected: five (4.0%) samples positive for adenoviruses, and three (2.3%) samples positive for picobirnaviruses were detected. No rotavirus, astrovirus, or Norwalk virus were observed. Only one of the viruses identified (adenovirus) was found in a sample from a patient with diarrhea. Viruses were detected in 10% of the patients with AIDS, 14% of the symptomatic patients, and none of the asymptomatic persons. These results do not support a major role for enteric viruses in the diarrhea suffered by HIV-infected patients.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Pujol
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liprandi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deibis
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ludert
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology*; D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D001257:Mamastrovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009663:Norwalk virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018708:Picobirnavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014687:Venezuela