Genomic characterization of novel human parechovirus type.

ABSTRACT: Using a simple metagenomic approach, we identified a divergent human parechovirus (HPeV) in the stool of a child in Pakistan. Genomic characterization showed this virus was distinct enough from reported HPeV types to qualify as candidate prototype for the seventh HPeV type.

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2657611 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature