Article
High diversity of human parechovirus including novel types in stool samples from Ghanaian children.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Nov 2017
Graul Silke, Böttcher Sindy, Eibach Daniel, Krumkamp Ralf, Käsmaier Julia, Adu-Sarkodie Yaw, May Jürgen, Tannich Egbert, Panning Marcus
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Little is known on human parechovirus (HPeV) infections in Africa. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine the prevalence, genetic diversity, and association with diarrhea of HPeV in Ghanaian children. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 682 stool samples from a pediatric case-control study on causes of diarrhea collected in 2007-2008 were used. Laboratory analysis included HPeV real-time RT-PCR and sequencing partial...
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