Genetic diversity of Sapovirus in children, Australia.
Sapovirus was detected in 7 of 95 stool specimens from children with gastroenteritis of unknown etiology in Sydney, Australia, from August 2001 to August 2002 and from February 2004 to August 2004, by using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Sequence analysis of the N-terminal capsid region showed all human sapovirus genogroups.
Hansman
Grant S
GS
National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. ghansman@nih.go.jp
Takeda
Naokazu
N
Katayama
Kazuhiko
K
Tu
Elise T V
ET
McIver
Christopher J
CJ
Rawlinson
William D
WD
White
Peter A
PA
D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D029341:Sapovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification