[Detection of human parechovirus in children hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis].
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.
Zhang
Dong-liang
DL
College of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China.
Zhang
Qing
Q
Li
Dan-di
DD
Cheng
Wei-xia
WX
Xu
Zi-qian
ZQ
Jin
Miao
M
Yu
Jie-mei
JM
Zhu
Lin
L
Cui
Shu-xian
SX
Li
Pei-zhen
PZ
Duan
Zhao-jun
ZJ
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*