title: FIRST DETECTION OF CHICKEN ANEMIA VIRUS AND NOROVIRUS GENOGROUP II IN STOOL OF CHILDREN WITH ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS IN TAIWAN.
abstract: To date, there has been no report of co-infection of chicken anemia virus (CAV) with enteric virus in patients with acute gastroenteritis (AGE). CAV has been recently detected in various types of human samples including stool, indicating pathogenicity in gastrointestinal tract. Examination by PCR-based methods of CAV and norovivus genogroup II (NV GII) in stool of 110 children with AGE at a hospital in Taiwan revealed for the first time of co-infection in two cases. This is the first description of CAV infection in children with AGE in Taiwan. Systematic surveillance and evidence-based studies are required to determine the transmission pathways and spread of CAV in Taiwan.
authors.forename: Meng-Bin
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Hung-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Wen-Chih
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yu-Ching
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Chia-Peng
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D017727:Chicken anemia virus; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018173:Circoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D029322:Norovirus; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology