Detection and genomic characterization of Aichi viruses in stool samples from children in Monastir, Tunisia.
Aichi virus has been associated with acute gastroenteritis in adults and children. Stool samples were collected from 788 Tunisian children suffering from diarrhea. Aichi virus was found in 4.1% of the cases. The high proportion of monoinfections and the high frequency of hospitalizations support the role of Aichi virus in pediatric gastroenteritis.
Sdiri-Loulizi
Khira
K
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Biological Agents, Faculty of Pharmacy, Monastir, Tunisia.
Hassine
Mouna
M
Gharbi-Khelifi
Hakima
H
Sakly
Nabil
N
Chouchane
Slaheddine
S
Guediche
Mohamed Neji
MN
Pothier
Pierre
P
Aouni
Mahjoub
M
Ambert-Balay
Katia
K
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D052699:Kobuvirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D015995:Prevalence; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology