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SalV detected as sole pathogen in select pediatric diarrhea cases; leaves open its etiologic role, warranting controlled studies before clinical consideration.
Acute gastroenteritis or infectious diarrhoea is one of the most common diseases affecting children less than 5 years of age and leads to significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in developing countries.1 Recent studies have revealed that on average up to 40% of diarrhoea cases are of unknown aetiology.2,3 Salivirus (SalV), also known as klassevirus, a member of the genus Salivirus in the family Picornaviridae,4 was a relatively recent discovery in stool samples of children with gastroenteritis in the USA in the year 2009.
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