Prevalence of 10 human polyomaviruses in fecal samples from children with acute gastroenteritis: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT: We conducted a case-control study to explore the prevalence of 10 human polyomaviruses in fecal specimens from hospitalized children with diarrhea and asymptomatic control subjects by using multiplex PCR detected by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. The differences between cases and controls were not statistically significant.

SUBMITTER: Li K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3754648 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature