Application of a molecular panel to demonstrate enterotropic virus shedding by healthy and human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.
We used a molecular panel, targeting seven enteric viruses, to explore the advantage of using molecular methods to establish the etiology of enteric diseases and to evaluate the prevalence of enteric viruses in asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. This approach favors rapidity and sensitivity of laboratory diagnosis of viral enteric syndromes.
Minosse
Claudia
C
Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI) L. Spallanzani, Via Portuense, 292-00149 Rome, Italy.
Zaniratti
Maria S
MS
Calcaterra
Silvia
S
Carletti
Fabrizio
F
Muscillo
Michele
M
Pisciotta
Marina
M
Pillitteri
Letizia
L
Corpolongo
Angela
A
Lauria
Francesco Nicola
FN
Narciso
Pasquale
P
Anzidei
Gianfranco
G
Capobianchi
Maria R
MR
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D017201:Virus Shedding; D014780:Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*