New parvovirus in child with unexplained diarrhea, Tunisia.

ABSTRACT: A divergent parvovirus genome was the only eukaryotic viral sequence detected in feces of a Tunisian child with unexplained diarrhea. Tusavirus 1 shared 44% and 39% identity with the nonstructural protein 1 and viral protein 1, respectively, of the closest genome, Kilham rat parvovirus, indicating presence of a new human viral species in the Protoparvovirus genus.

SUBMITTER: Phan TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4214302 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature