Isolation and molecular characterization of Aichi viruses from fecal specimens collected in Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Aichi virus is a new member of the family Picornaviridae, genus Kobuvirus, and is associated with human gastroenteritis. This study detected Aichi virus in 28 of 912 fecal specimens which were negative for rotavirus, adenovirus, norovirus, sapovirus, and astrovirus and were collected in Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam during 2002 to 2005.
Pham
Ngan Thi Kim
NT
Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Khamrin
Pattara
P
Nguyen
Tuan Anh
TA
Kanti
Dey Shuvra
DS
Phan
Tung Gia
TG
Okitsu
Shoko
S
Ushijima
Hiroshi
H
D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D052699:Kobuvirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology
D004279:DNA, Viral