Saffold cardiovirus in children with acute gastroenteritis, Beijing, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Sep;15(9):1509-11. doi: 10.3201/eid1509.081531.

Abstract

To understand Saffold cardiovirus (SAFV) distribution, prevalence, and clinical relevance in China, we retrospectively studied SAFV in children with acute gastroenteritis and found SAFV in 12 (3.2%) of 373. Sequence homology of virus protein 1 genes suggested these strains belong to the SAFV-1 sublineage. SAFVs were found in samples positive for other diarrhea-causing viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Capsid Proteins / genetics
  • Cardiovirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Cardiovirus Infections* / virology
  • Cardiovirus* / classification
  • Cardiovirus* / genetics
  • Cardiovirus* / isolation & purification
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • China / epidemiology
  • Feces / virology
  • Gastroenteritis* / epidemiology
  • Gastroenteritis* / virology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Phylogeny
  • Prevalence
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Capsid Proteins