Detection of human parechovirus in children hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis

VernacularTitle:腹泻住院患儿中检测到人双埃可病毒
Author: Dong-Liang ZHANG ¹ ; Qing ZHANG ; Dan-Di LI ; Wei-Xia CHENG ; Zi-Qian XU ; Miao JIN ; Jie-Mei YU ; Lin ZHU ; Sha-Xian CUI ; Pei-Zhen LI ; Zhao-Jun DUAN
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1. 山西医科大学
Keywords: Parechovirus; Diarrhea,infantile
From: Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2009;23(2):112-114
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To detect human parechovirus (HPeV) from stool samples of hospitalized children for acute gastroonteritis of undetectable etiology. Methods We conducted a real-time PCR to detect HPeV. Result The results showed that 24 of 99 (24%) children with gastroenteritis of undetectable etiology were detected with HPeV. Four known HPeV types (HPeV1,3,4,6) were detected in the present study. HPeV1 (50%) was frequently identified as the predominant strain and follow by HPeV3 (25 % ), HPeV 4 (8.3 % ) and HPeV 6 (4.2 % ). We were unable to type 3 samples. Conclusion HPeV was prevalent in hospitalized children for acute gastreenteritis of undetectable etiology in China. Further study is needed for clarifying the role of HPeV in gastroenteritis.