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Identification of human parechovirus genotype, HPeV-12, in a paralytic child with diarrhea.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Dec 2012
Alam Muhammad Masroor, Khurshid Adnan, Shaukat Shahzad, Sharif Salmaan, Rana Muhammad Suleman, Angez Mehar, Naeem Muhammad, Zaidi Syed Sohail Zahoor
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BACKGROUND: New genotypes of human parechoviruses have been readily identified after improvement of diverse diagnostic tools. We hereby report the detection of a new genotype, HPeV 12, from a child presented with diarrhea and paralysis. OBJECTIVES: The genetic variability of human parechoviruses has recently expanded defining 16 genotypes however data available covers only 11 genotypes. The present study was...
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