Key result
Sapovirus affects ~7% of children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Botswana.
Why the study?
Sapoviruses are an important cause of acute viral gastroenteritis in children, but data on their burden and genetic diversity in Botswana were lacking.
Cross-Sectional
This study provides the first data on sapovirus infections and their genetic diversity in a clinical setting in Botswana.
Sapovirus may contribute to pediatric gastroenteritis hospitalizations in Botswana; leaves open the need for regional surveillance and prospective studies.
Sapoviruses are an important cause of acute viral gastroenteritis in children. The objective of this study was to determine the burden and genetic diversity of sapoviruses in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Botswana between 2016 and 2018. Samples were screened using the BioFire® Filmarray® GI Panel assay and for positive sapovirus samples, conventional RT-PCR was used to amplify the partial VP1 gene. Strain characterization was performed using both the Human Calicivirus Typing tool and the NCBI GenBank BLAST. Phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis was inferred using BEAST V1.10.4. General time-reversible was used as a nucleotide substitution model. Sapovirus was detected in 6.5% of participants and two different sapovirus genotypes GI.1 (5/7) and GI.6 (2/7) were identified from the seven samples. This study provides the first data on sapovirus infections and their genetic diversity in a clinical setting in Botswana, contributing to the global knowledge of this virus.
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Makhaola et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Acute gastroenteritis. Sapovirus infection was evaluated on Sapovirus detection rate and genotype distribution. Sapovirus was detected in 6.5% of children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Botswana, with genotypes GI.1 and GI.6 identified.
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