title: Detection of diarrheal viruses circulating in adult patients in Thailand.
abstract: A total of 332 fecal specimens collected during January-December 2008 from adult patients with diarrhea were screened for group A and C rotaviruses, noroviruses GI and GII, sapovirus, Aichi virus, human parechovirus, enterovirus, adenovirus and astrovirus by RT-multiplex PCR. The detection rate for diarrheal viruses was 4.2 %. Adenovirus and enterovirus were equally detected as the most predominant viruses, with prevalence of 1.2 %, followed by Aichi virus (0.9 %) and norovirus GII (0.6 %). Mixed infection with norovirus GII and human parechovirus was also detected (0.3 %). This study provides epidemiological data for a wide variety of diarrheal viruses circulating in adult patients with diarrhea in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, 110 Intawarorose, Sriphoom, Muang, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand.
authors: Wilaiporn
authors: W
authors: Saikruang
authors: Pattara
authors: P
authors: Khamrin
authors: Boonpa
authors: B
authors: Suantai
authors: Shoko
authors: S
authors: Okitsu
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Hayakawa
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Ushijima
authors: Niwat
authors: N
authors: Maneekarn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D014780:Viruses / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*