title: Circulation of Aichi virus genotype B strains in children with acute gastroenteritis in India.
abstract: Acute gastroenteritis (AG) is considered as one of the major health problems affecting humans of all ages. A number of viruses have been recognized as important causes of this disease. Recently, Aichi virus has been shown to play an aetiological role in sporadic infections and outbreaks of AG. A study on surveillance of enteric viruses was conducted during 2004-2008 in three cities in Maharashtra state, western India. A total of 1240 stool specimens from children aged ≤8 years hospitalized for AG were screened for the presence of Aichi virus by RT-PCR of the 3C-3D junction region followed by sequencing for the identification of genotype. Aichi virus was detected at a prevalence of 1·1% in the <5 years age group and characterized as genotype B. This is the first report on the circulation of Aichi virus genotype B in India.
authors.affiliation: Enteric Viruses Group, National Institute of Virology, Pune, India.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Chitambar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gopalkrishna
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D052699:Kobuvirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral