Prevalence of sapovirus infection among infant and adult patients with acute gastroenteritis in Tehran, Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study investigated the prevalence of sapovirus infections in patient with acute gastroenteritis in Tehran, Iran.

Background

Sapovirus, a member of the family Caliciviridae is one of the major causative agents of viral gastroenteritis affecting both children and adult individuals. There isn't enough data about prevalence and genotypes of sapovirus infection in Tehran, the capital city of Iran.

Patients and methods

A total of 42 fecal samples were collected from patients with acute gastroenteritis from May to July 2009. RT nested- PCR was performed for screening. To genotype the sapovirus isolates, some positive samples were subjected to phylogenetic analysis by sequencing of fragments of viral capsid gene region.

Results

Sapovirus was detected in 5 of 4

SUBMITTER: Romani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4017447 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature