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Three clusters of Saffold viruses circulating in children with diarrhea in Japan.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2013
Khamrin Pattara, Thongprachum Aksara, Kikuta Hideaki, Yamamoto Atsuko, Nishimura Shuichi, Sugita Kumiko, Baba Tsuneyoshi, Kobayashi Masaaki, Okitsu Shoko, Hayakawa Satoshi, Shimizu Hiroyuki, Maneekarn Niwat, Ushijima Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Saffold virus (SAFV) is a newly discovered human virus in the genus Cardiovirus, family Picornaviridae. The virus was first described from fecal specimens of a child with fever of unknown origin in 2007. A total of 454 fecal specimens were collected from children with diarrhea attended clinics in Japan, 2010-2011, 7 (1.5%) were positive for SAFV. Mixed-infections of SAFV and other enteric viruses (rotavirus,...
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