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Prevalence of enteric viruses in human immunodeficiency virus seropositive patients in Venezuela
Author(s) -
González Germán G.,
Pujol Flor H.,
Liprandi Ferdinando,
Deibis Leopoldo,
Ludert Juan E.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199808)55:4<288::aid-jmv6>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - astrovirus , virology , rotavirus , diarrhea , virus , viral disease , norwalk virus , biology , reoviridae , norovirus , polymerase chain reaction , asymptomatic , medicine , gastroenterology , biochemistry , gene
The prevalence of enteric viruses associated with gastroenteritis was determined in 125 stool samples from patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with or without diarrhea. Diagnostic assays included enzyme immunoassays for the identification of rotavirus, adenovirus, and Norwalk virus; polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for atypical rotaviruses and picobirnaviruses and polymerase chain reaction for astrovirus. Enteric viruses were detected in 6.4% (8 of 125) of the stools collected: five (4.0%) samples positive for adenoviruses, and three (2.3%) samples positive for picobirnaviruses were detected. No rotavirus, astrovirus, or Norwalk virus were observed. Only one of the viruses identified (adenovirus) was found in a sample from a patient with diarrhea. Viruses were detected in 10% of the patients with AIDS, 14% of the symptomatic patients, and none of the asymptomatic persons. These results do not support a major role for enteric viruses in the diarrhea suffered by HIV‐infected patients. J. Med. Virol. 55:288–292, 1998 . © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.