title: [Detection of human parechovirus in children hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To detect human parechovirus (HPeV) from stool samples of hospitalized children for acute gastroenteritis of undetectable etiology.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a real-time PCR to detect HPeV.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that 24 of 99 (24%) children with gastroenteritis of undetectable etiology were detected with HPeV. Four known HPeV types (HPeV1, 3, 4, 6) were detected in the present study. HPeV1 (50%) was frequently identified as the predominant strain and follow by HPeV3 (25%), HPeV4 (8.3%) and HPeV6 (4.2%). We were unable to type 3 samples.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HPeV was prevalent in hospitalized children for acute gastroenteritis of undetectable etiology in China. Further study is needed for clarifying the role of HPeV in gastroenteritis.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China.
authors.forename: Dong-liang
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dan-di
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei-xia
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Zi-qian
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Jie-mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Shu-xian
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Pei-zhen
authors.initials: PZ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhao-jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Duan
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D030061:Parechovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000821:virology*