Detection of diarrheal viruses circulating in adult patients in Thailand

• Main Authors: Saikruang W., Khamrin P., Suantai B., Okitsu S., Hayakawa S., Ushijima H., Maneekarn N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905319592&partnerID=40&md5=6c24a0c9f81e32aee5d9ec5aca17203b; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/37599
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

A total of 332 fecal specimens collected during January-December 2008 from adult patients with diarrhea were screened for group A and C rotaviruses, noroviruses GI and GII, sapovirus, Aichi virus, human parechovirus, enterovirus, adenovirus and astrovirus by RT-multiplex PCR. The detection rate for diarrheal viruses was 4.2 %. Adenovirus and enterovirus were equally detected as the most predominant viruses, with prevalence of 1.2 %, followed by Aichi virus (0.9 %) and norovirus GII (0.6 %). Mixed infection with norovirus GII and human parechovirus was also detected (0.3 %). This study provides epidemiological data for a wide variety of diarrheal viruses circulating in adult patients with diarrhea in Chiang Mai, Thailand. © 2014 Springer-Verlag Wien.