January 1, 2005Journal of Medical Virology

Identification of sapovirus infection among Japanese infants in a day care center

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Population

44 infants in a day care center in Tokyo, Japan (921 fecal specimens collected)

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

June 1999 to July 2000

Authors

SAShiho AkiharaOsaka City University TPTung Gia PhanMercy Medical Center TNTuan Anh NguyenNational Institute Of Hygiene And Epidemiology

Discussion

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Implication

Comparable detection in symptomatic and asymptomatic infants cautions against assuming pathogenicity; leaves open the clinical role of novel GI/8 genotype.

Structured PICO

Population

44 infants in a day care center in Tokyo, Japan (921 fecal specimens collected)

Outcome

Presence of sapovirus by RT-PCR and genetic analysis

Sapovirus can cause both acute gastroenteritis and asymptomatic infections in infants, with a novel GI/8 genotype identified in a Japanese day care center.

Cite This Study

Akihara et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a700bc475498292b7096b2b https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.20497

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Implication

Comparable detection in symptomatic and asymptomatic infants cautions against assuming pathogenicity; leaves open the clinical role of novel GI/8 genotype.