title: Detection of Aichi virus in South Korea.
abstract: Aichi virus (AiV) is considered to be a possible etiologic agent of acute gastroenteritis (GE). We analyzed 1,568 stool samples collected by the Seoul Metropolitan Health Research Center from patients with GE during outbreaks in Seoul, together with 378 archived common-enteric-virus-negative stool samples from children with GE hospitalized at a tertiary hospital in Seoul. AiV was detected in 1.7 % (27/1,568) of the first group but not found in the second group (0 %, 0/378). Genotypes A and B of AiV were both detected in this study. This is the first study confirming the circulation of AiV in Korea.
authors: Department of Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine, Sanggyepaik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors: Tae-Hee
authors: TH
authors: Han
authors: Sang Hun
authors: SH
authors: Park
authors: Eung-Soo
authors: ES
authors: Hwang
authors: Gabor
authors: G
authors: Reuter
authors: Ju-Young
authors: JY
authors: Chung
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D052699:Kobuvirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology