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- Title
Molecular Diagnosis of Human Enteroviruses by Phylogeny-Based Classification by Use of the VP4 Sequence.
- Authors
Ishiko, Hiroaki; Shimada, Yasushi; Yonaha, Mari; Hashimoto, Osamu; Hayashi, Akio; Sakae, Kenji; Takeda, Naokazu
- Abstract
Human enteroviruses (EVs) are the major cause of a variety of acute and chronic illnesses. Virus isolation and neutralization tests are usually done to identify the causative virus, but these tests are labor intensive, time consuming, and sometimes require suckling mice from which certain viruses have been isolated. This study investigated a rapid and reliable method based on reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and phylogenetic analysis. The phylogenetic tree constructed by neighbor-joining on the basis of the VP4 sequence from66 prototypes grouped all human EVs into 5 distinct clusters. These clusters correspond closely to the 5 newly designated species--human EV A-D and poliovirus. The VP4 sequences of 89 isolates from 26 serotypes obtained over >30 years plus those of 66 prototype strains were analyzed. Each isolate formed a monophyletic cluster along with its respective prototype strain, allowing for serotype identification (with the exception of E-8). VP4-based classification appears to be an effective tool for the molecular epidemiology study of EVs.
- Subjects
POLYMERASE chain reaction; ENTEROVIRUSES
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002, Vol 185, Issue 6, p744
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/339298