Novel Human Parechovirus from Brazil

oleh: Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Klaus Grywna, Andreas Stöcker, Patrícia Silva Almeida, Tereza Cristina Medrado Ribeiro, Monika Eschbach-Bludau, Nadine Petersen, Hugo da Costa Ribeiro, Sung Sup Park

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Diterbitkan: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-02-01

Deskripsi

Human parechoviruses (HPeVs) were detected by reverse transcription–PCR in 16.1% of 335 stool samples from children <6 years of age with enteritis in Salvador, Brazil. Whole genome sequencing of 1 sample showed a novel HPeV that has been designated as HPeV8.