Three clusters of Saffold viruses circulating in children with diarrhea in Japan

• Main Authors: Khamrin P., Thongprachum A., Kikuta H., Yamamoto A., Nishimura S., Sugita K., Baba T., Kobayashi M., Okitsu S., Hayakawa S., Shimizu H., Maneekarn N., Ushijima H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23183311; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870913495&partnerID=40&md5=20e2da2852aec8ca069bbea4292f8bb8; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3988
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Saffold virus (SAFV) is a newly discovered human virus in the genus Cardiovirus, family Picornaviridae. The virus was first described from fecal specimens of a child with fever of unknown origin in 2007. A total of 454 fecal specimens were collected from children with diarrhea attended clinics in Ja...