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. 2010 Jan;16(1):130-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1601.091105.

Novel human parechovirus, Sri Lanka

Ngan Thi Kim Pham  1 , Quang Duy Trinh, Sayaka Takanashi, Chandra Abeysekera, Asiri Abeygunawardene, Hideaki Shimizu, Pattara Khamrin, Shoko Okitsu, Masashi Mizuguchi, Hiroshi Ushijima
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Novel human parechovirus, Sri Lanka

Ngan Thi Kim Pham et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

Of 362 fecal samples collected from children with acute gastroenteritis in Sri Lanka during 2005-2006, 30 (8.3%) were positive for human parechovirus (HPeV) by reverse transcription-PCR. A novel HPeV, designated as HPeV10, was identified in 2 samples by sequence analysis of the viral protein 1 gene of the detected HPeVs.

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Phylogenetic tree constructed from nucleotide sequences of the structural viral protein 1 gene of the strains studied and reference human parechovirus (HPeV) strains with 500 bootstrap repetitions. Percentage bootstrap values >70% are shown at the branch nodes. The studied HPeV strains are in boldface; their nucleotide sequences have been deposited in GenBank under accession nos. GQ402515
and GQ402516. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.
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