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. 2008 Apr;46(4):1252-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02140-07. Epub 2008 Feb 6.

Prevalence and genetic diversity of Aichi virus strains in stool samples from community and hospitalized patients

K Ambert-Balay  1 , M Lorrot, F Bon, H Giraudon, J Kaplon, M Wolfer, P Lebon, D Gendrel, P Pothier
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Prevalence and genetic diversity of Aichi virus strains in stool samples from community and hospitalized patients

K Ambert-Balay et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Apr.

Abstract

Aichi virus has been proposed as a causative agent of gastroenteritis. A total of 457 stool specimens from children hospitalized with acute diarrhea and 566 stool specimens from adults and children involved in 110 gastroenteritis outbreaks were screened for the presence of Aichi virus by reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) amplification of the genomic region of the 3C and 3D (3CD) nonstructural proteins. Our results show a low incidence of Aichi virus in pediatric samples and the existence of mixed infections with other microbiological agents in some cases. From the outbreak survey, it appears that the presence of Aichi virus is an indicator of mixed infections causing gastroenteritis outbreaks and that it could be involved in half of the oyster-associated outbreaks. A second RT-PCR was developed to amplify a part of the VP1 gene. The phylogenetic analysis showed a good correlation between the two classifications based on 3CD and VP1 gene sequences and revealed the prevalence of genotype A in France. It also allowed us to partially describe an Aichi virus strain that could represent a new genotype, thus suggesting the existence of a certain diversity.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Distribution of enteric viruses in six Aichi virus-related outbreaks. The two samples specified below the figure for outbreak 1, the three samples specified for outbreak 2, and the four individual samples specified for outbreaks 3 to 6 represent the nine samples positive for Aichi virus as presented in the GenBank database.
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FIG. 2.
Phylogenetic analysis of Aichi viruses based on comparison of 519-bp sequences in the 3CD junction region. The Aichi virus strains isolated in this study are indicated by arrows. The reference strains are identified by their GenBank accession numbers.
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FIG. 3.
Phylogenetic analysis of Aichi viruses based on comparison of 220-amino-acid sequences in the VP1 region. The Aichi viruses isolated in this study are indicated by arrows. The reference strains are identified by their GenBank accession numbers.
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