Genetic diversity of norovirus and sapovirus in hospitalized infants with sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Stool specimens from hospitalized infants with sporadic gastroenteritis in Chiang Mai, Thailand, between July 2000 and July 2001 were examined for norovirus and sapovirus by reverse transcription-PCR and sequence analysis. These viruses were identified in 13 of 105 (12%) specimens. One strain was found to be a recombinant norovirus.
Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Grant S
GS
Hansman
Kazuhiko
K
Katayama
Niwat
N
Maneekarn
Supatra
S
Peerakome
Pattara
P
Khamrin
Supin
S
Tonusin
Shoko
S
Okitsu
Osamu
O
Nishio
Naokazu
N
Takeda
Hiroshi
H
Ushijima
D000208:Acute Disease; D001483:Base Sequence; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000821:virology*; D017931:DNA Primers; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D029322:Norovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D029341:Sapovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013785:Thailand
D017931:DNA Primers