title: Salivirus and aichivirus A infections in children with gastroenteritis in Brazil.
abstract: Stool samples were obtained from healthy children and children with diarrhoea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and analysed for aichivirus A and salivirus by reverse transcription PCR. Aichivirus A was detected in 5 (0.8%) and salivirus in 10 (1.7%) of the samples obtained from children with diarrhoea. None of the healthy children tested positive for these viruses. The results demonstrate that these viruses continuously circulate in the country, although at a low frequency.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: nsantos@micro.ufrj.br.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Pena
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Amorim
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010849:Picornaviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
keywords: Aichivirus A; gastroenteritis; picornavirus; salivirus; viral diarrhoea