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- Title
A cluster of salivirus A1 ( Picornaviridae) infections in newborn babies with acute gastroenteritis in a neonatal hospital unit in Hungary.
- Authors
Boros, Ákos; Raáb, Margit; Károly, Éva; Karai, Adrienn; Kátai, Andrea; Bolba, Nóra; Pankovics, Péter; Reuter, Gábor
- Abstract
Salivirus (family Picornaviridae) may be associated with acute gastroenteritis in humans, but there have been no reports of salivirus outbreaks. Salivirus A1 infection with faecal virus concentrations of 2.1-2.6 × 10/g were identified retrospectively in newborn babies, between the ages of 1.5 and 5 days, with apparent clinical symptoms of diarrhea (100 %), fever (40 %), vomiting (40 %), and loss of appetite (40 %) in a neonatal hospital unit in Hungary in July 2013. The complete genome sequence of the salivirus (including the 5′-terminal end) was determined. Salivirus mono-infection may be associated with gastroenteritis in babies who are a few days old. Salivirus testing should be done in public health laboratories in gastroenteritis outbreaks with unknown etiology.
- Subjects
HUNGARY; PICORNAVIRUS infections; GASTROENTERITIS; NEONATAL diseases; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Archives of Virology, 2016, Vol 161, Issue 6, p1671
- ISSN
0304-8608
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.1007/s00705-016-2824-9