Human parechovirus infections in monkeys with diarrhea, China.

ABSTRACT: Information about human parechovirus (HPeV) infection in animals is scant. Using 5' untranslated region reverse transcription-PCR, we detected HPeV in feces of monkeys with diarrhea and sequenced the complete genome of 1 isolate (SH6). Monkeys may serve as reservoirs for zoonotic HPeV transmissions and as models for studies of HPeV pathogenesis.

SUBMITTER: Shan TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3321892 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature