High diversity of human parechovirus including novel types in stool samples from Ghanaian children

Human parechoviruses (HPeV) belong to the family Picornaviridae and circulate worldwide, but information on the prevalence and diversity of HPeV in sub-Saharan Africa is limited [1]. At least 17 HPeV genotypes have been described to date, most of them only recently (www.picornaviridae.com/parechovirus/hpev/hpev.htm). In general, infection caused by HPeV-1 and −2 remains asymptomatic or causes mild enteric or respiratory symptoms. For HPeV-3, however, severe clinical courses with sepsis-like illness or encephalitis have been described [2].

Source: Journal of Clinical Virology - October 17, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Silke Graul, Sindy B öttcher, Daniel Eibach, Ralf Krumkamp, Julia Käsmaier, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Jürgen May, Egbert Tannich, Marcus Panning Tags: Short communication Source Type: research