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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Identification of picobirnavirus from faeces of Italian children suffering from acute diarrhea

Serenella AristaAntonio CascioMichele BoscoDonatella FerraroAnna GiammancoEsmeralda Vizzi

subject

DiarrheaMaleAcute diarrheaEpidemiologyPicobirnavirusMicrobiologyFecesPicobirnavirus Gastroenteritis PAGEHumansMedicineChildPolyacrylamide gel electrophoresisPicobirnavirusFecesGel electrophoresisbiologybusiness.industryBrief Reportbiology.organism_classificationGastroenteritisPAGEDiarrheaItalyVirus DiseasesRNA ViralElectrophoresis Polyacrylamide GelFemaleViral diseasemedicine.symptombusiness

description

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of nucleic acid extracted from stool samples of diarrhoeic children revealed in 3 out of 690 (0.43 %) specimens two electrophoretic bands with a migration pattern characteristic of picobirnavirus ds-RNA. In none of the 92 control children were similar bands detected. No other potential enteric pathogens were found in the patients with picobirnavirus infection.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00144011