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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
A novel picornavirus associated with gastroenteritis
Journal of Virology, Volume 83, No. 22, Year 2009
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Description
A novel picornavirus genome was sequenced, showing 42.6%, 35.2%, and 44.6% of deduced amino acid identities corresponding to the P1, P2, and P3 regions, respectively, of the Aichi virus. Divergent strains of this new virus, which we named salivirus, were detected in 18 stool samples from Nigeria, Tunisia, Nepal, and the United States. A statistical association was seen between virus shedding and unexplained cases of gastroenteritis in Nepal (P =0.0056). Viruses with approximately 90% nucleotide similarity, named klassevirus, were also recently reported in three cases of unexplained diarrhea from the United States and Australia and in sewage from Spain, reflecting a global distribution and supporting a pathogenic role for this new group of picornaviruses. Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Li, Nlin
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Victoria, Joseph
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Kapoor, Amit
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Blinkova, Olga
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Wang, Chunlin
United States, Stanford
Stanford University School of Medicine
Babrzadeh, Farbod
United States, Stanford
Stanford University School of Medicine
Mason, Carl Jeffries
Thailand, Bangkok
Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand
Pandey, Prativa
Nepal, Lainchaur, Ktm
Ciwec Clinic Travel Medicine Center
Triki, Henda
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut Pasteur de Tunis
Bahri, Olfa
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut Pasteur de Tunis
Oderinde, Bamidele Soji
Nigeria, Maiduguri
University of Maiduguri
Baba, Maryceline Mandu
Nigeria, Maiduguri
University of Maiduguri
Bukbuk, David Nadeba
Nigeria, Maiduguri
University of Maiduguri
Besser, John
United States, Saint Paul
Minnesota Department of Health
Bartkus, Joanne
United States, Saint Paul
Minnesota Department of Health
Delwart, E. L.
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 139
Authors: 16
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1128/JVI.01241-09
ISSN:
0022538X
Study Locations
Nigeria
Tunisia