Novel human parechovirus from Brazil.
Human parechoviruses (HPeVs) were detected by reverse transcription-PCR in 16.1% of 335 stool samples from children <6 years of age with enteritis in Salvador, Brazil. Whole genome sequencing of 1 sample showed a novel HPeV that has been designated as HPeV8.
Drexler
Jan Felix
JF
University Hospital Prof Edgard Santos, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
Grywna
Klaus
K
Stöcker
Andreas
A
Almeida
Patrícia Silva
PS
Medrado-Ribeiro
Tereza Cristina
TC
Eschbach-Bludau
Monika
M
Petersen
Nadine
N
da Costa-Ribeiro
Hugo
H
Drosten
Christian
C
D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D004751:Enteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D030061:Parechovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D012367:RNA, Viral