Open AccessIsolation and Molecular Characterization of Aichi Viruses from Fecal Specimens Collected in Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam
Author(s) -
Ngan Thi Kim Pham,
Pattara Khamrin,
Tuan Anh Nguyen,
Dey Shuvra Kanti,
Tung Gia Phan,
Shoko Okitsu,
Hiroshi Ushijima
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00525-07
Subject(s) - sapovirus , feces , norovirus , isolation (microbiology) , astrovirus , rotavirus , virology , virus isolation , ho chi minh , biology , virus , diarrhoeal disease , microbiology and biotechnology , diarrhea , medicine , geography , cartography , scale (ratio)
Aichi virus is a new member of the familyPicornaviridae , genusKobuvirus , and is associated with human gastroenteritis. This study detected Aichi virus in 28 of 912 fecal specimens which were negative for rotavirus, adenovirus, norovirus, sapovirus, and astrovirus and were collected in Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam during 2002 to 2005.