Human parechovirus infection in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Sri Lanka.
Of 362 fecal specimens collected from infants and children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Sri Lanka from September 2005 to August 2006, 30 (8.3%) were positive for human parechovirus (HPeV). Six different HPeV genotypes, including HPeV1, -3, -4, -5, -10, and -11, were identified, of these, HPeV11 was reported for the first time.
Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Ngan Thi Kim
NT
Pham
Sayaka
S
Takanashi
Dinh Nguyen
DN
Tran
Quang Duy
QD
Trinh
Chandra
C
Abeysekera
Asiri
A
Abeygunawardene
Pattara
P
Khamrin
Shoko
S
Okitsu
Hiroyuki
H
Shimizu
Masashi
M
Mizuguchi
Hiroshi
H
Ushijima
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D030061:Parechovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D015995:Prevalence; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000453:epidemiology