Human parechovirus infection in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT: Of 362 fecal specimens collected from infants and children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Sri Lanka from September 2005 to August 2006, 30 (8.3%) were positive for human parechovirus (HPeV). Six different HPeV genotypes, including HPeV1, -3, -4, -5, -10, and -11, were identified, of these, HPeV11 was reported for the first time.

SUBMITTER: Pham NT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3020411 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature