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SUBMITTER: Drexler JF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3471610 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Drexler Jan Felix JF Reber Ulrike U Muth Doreen D Herzog Petra P Annan Augustina A Ebach Fabian F Sarpong Nimarko N Acquah Samuel S Adlkofer Julia J Adu-Sarkodie Yaw Y Panning Marcus M Tannich Egbert E May Jürgen J Drosten Christian C Eis-Hübinger Anna Maria AM
Emerging infectious diseases 20121001 10
Nonparenteral transmission might contribute to human parvovirus 4 (PARV4) infections in sub-Saharan Africa. PARV4 DNA was detected in 8 (0.83%) of 961 nasal samples and 5 (0.53%) of 943 fecal samples from 1,904 children in Ghana. Virus concentrations ≤ 6-7 log(10) copies/mL suggest respiratory or fecal-oral modes of PARV4 transmission. ...[more]