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ArticleArchives of virology2019

High frequency and diversity of parechovirus A in a cohort of Malawian children.

Lieke Brouwer, Eveliina Karelehto, Alvin X Han, Xiomara V Thomas, Andrea H L Bruning, Job C J Calis, Michaël Boele van Hensbroek, Brenda M Westerhuis, Darsha Amarthalingam, Sylvie M Koekkoek and 4 more

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Article in Archives of virology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Lieke BrouwerDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Lieke.brouwer@amc.uva.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-9070
Eveliina KarelehtoDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Alvin X HanBioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
Xiomara V ThomasDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Andrea H L BruningDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Job C J CalisDepartment of Pediatric Intensive Care, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Michaël Boele van HensbroekDepartment of Pediatric Intensive Care, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Brenda M WesterhuisDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Darsha AmarthalingamDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Sylvie M KoekkoekDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Sjoerd P H RebersDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Kamija S PhiriSchool of Public Health and Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
Katja C WolthersDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Dasja PajkrtDepartment of Pediatric Intensive Care, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Amsterdam University Medical Centers · NLEmma Kinderziekenhuis · NLAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SGErasmus MC · NLUniversity of Malawi · MW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parechoviruses (PeVs) are highly prevalent viruses worldwide. Over the last decades, several studies have been published on PeV epidemiology in Europe, Asia and North America, while information on other continents is lacking. The aim of this study was to describe PeV circulation in a cohort of children in Malawi, Africa. A total of 749 stool samples obtained from Malawian children aged 6 to 60 months were tested for the presence of PeV by real-time PCR. We performed typing by phylogenetic and Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) analysis. PeV was found in 57% of stool samples. Age was significantly associated with PeV positivity (p = 0.01). Typing by phylogenetic analysis resulted in 15 different types, while BLAST typing resulted in 14 different types and several indeterminate strains. In total, six strains showed inconsistencies in typing between the two methods. One strain, P02-4058, remained untypable by all methods, but appeared to belong to the recently reclassified PeV-A19 genotype. PeV-A1, -A2 and -A3 were the most prevalent types (26.8%, 13.8% and 9.8%, respectively). Both the prevalence and genetic diversity found in our study were remarkably high. Our data provide an important contribution to the scarce data available on PeV epidemiology in Africa.

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Genetic VariationChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFecesFemaleGenotypeHumansInfantMalawiMaleParechovirusPhylogenyPicornaviridae Infections

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