Detection and Characterization of Enterovirus B73 from a Child in Brazil. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Enterovirus B73 is a new member of the Enterovirus B species. First detected in the USA, it has been subsequently identified in China, India, Oman, and the Netherlands. In this study, we characterize the first B73 strain (named TO-127) to be detected in South America. TO-127 was obtained from a child with acute gastroenteritis living in a rural area in Northern Brazil. The subject was not infected with any known enteric pathogens such as norovirus, rotavirus, helminths, or enteric bacteria. Analysis of the nearly full-length TO-127 genome (6993 nt) indicated a 74⁻75% nucleotide similarity with EV-B73 strains from other countries. Evolutionary analysis suggests that B73 is endemic and widespread.

publication date

  • December 28, 2018

Research

keywords

  • Enterovirus B, Human
  • Enterovirus Infections
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Genome, Viral

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC6357135

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85059272310

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/s11262-014-1077-5

PubMed ID

  • 30597828

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 11

issue

  • 1