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Identification of sapovirus infection among Japanese infants in a day care center.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2005
Akihara Shiho, Phan Tung Gia, Nguyen Tuan Anh, Yagyu Fumihiro, Okitsu Shoko, Müller Werner E G, Ushijima Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
A total of 921 fecal specimens collected from 44 infants in a day care center in Tokyo, Japan during June 1999 to July 2000 were tested for the presence of sapovirus by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Of 88 fecal specimens from infants with acute gastroenteritis, 2.3% (2) were found to be positive for sapovirus. Twenty-two of 833 (2.6%) fecal specimens collected from asymptomatic infants...
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