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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Acute diarrhea in west african children: Diverse enteric viruses and a novel parvovirus genus
Journal of Virology, Volume 86, No. 20, Year 2012
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Description
Parvoviruses cause a variety of mild to severe symptoms or asymptomatic infections in humans and animals. During a viral metagenomic analysis of feces from children with acute diarrhea in Burkina Faso, we identified in decreasing prevalence nucleic acids from anelloviruses, dependoviruses, sapoviruses, enteroviruses, bocaviruses, noroviruses, adenoviruses, parechoviruses, rotaviruses, cosavirus, astroviruses, and hepatitis B virus. Sequences from a highly divergent parvovirus, provisionally called bufavirus, were also detected whose NS1 and VP1 proteins showed<39% and<31% identities to those of previously known parvoviruses. Four percent of the fecal samples were PCR positive for this new parvovirus, including a related bufavirus species showing only 72% identity in VP1. The high degree of genetic divergence of these related genomes from those of other parvoviruses indicates the presence of a proposed new Parvoviridae genus containing at least two species. Studies of the tropism and pathogenicity of these novel parvoviruses will be facilitated by the availability of their genome sequences. © 2012, American Society for Microbiology.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Phan, Tung Gia
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Vo, Nguyen P.
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
Viet Nam, Ho Chi Minh City
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Hcmc
Bonkoungou, Isidore Juste Ouindguèta
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
Laboratoire National de Santé Publique
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
University of Ouagadougou
Kapoor, Amit
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Barro, Nicolas
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
University of Ouagadougou
O'Ryan, Miguel L.
Chile, Santiago
Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile
Kapusinszky, Beatrix
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Wang, Chunling
United States, Stanford
Stanford University School of Medicine
Delwart, E. L.
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 120
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1128/JVI.01427-12
ISSN:
0022538X
e-ISSN:
10985514
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Burkina Faso