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Detection of diarrheal viruses circulating in adult patients in Thailand
Wilaiporn Saikruang1, Pattara Khamrin, Boonpa Suantai
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, 110 Intawarorose, Sriphoom, Muang, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand.
Abstract:
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.
