| Author | Gabbay, Yvone B. | |
| Author | Luz, Cláudia Regina N. E. da | |
| Author | Costa, Ivete V. | |
| Author | Pepino, Elielma L. Cavalcante | |
| Author | Sousa, Maisa S. | |
| Author | Oliveira, Krynssya K. | |
| Author | Wanzeller, Ana Lucia Monteiro | |
| Author | Mascarenhas, Joana D'Arc P. | |
| Author | Leite, José Paulo G. | |
| Author | Linhares, Alexandre C. | |
| Access date | 2020-11-20T19:27:38Z | |
| Available date | 2020-11-20T19:27:38Z | |
| Document date | 2005 | |
| Citation | GABBAY, Yvone B. et al. Prevalence and genetic diversity of astroviruses in children with and without diarrhea in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio deJaneiro, v. 100, n. 7, p. 709-714, Nov. 2005. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 0074-0276 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/44562 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Mamastrovirus | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Diarreia | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Crianças | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Maranhão | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Brasil | pt_BR |
| Title | Prevalence and genetic diversity of astroviruses in children with and without diarrhea in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1590/S0074-02762005000700004 | |
| Abstract | Human astroviruses (HAstV) have been increasingly identified as important etiological agents of acute gastroenteritis in children up to five years old. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and genotype
diversity of HAstV in children with symptomatic and asymptomatic infections in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. From
June 1997 to July 1999 a total of 183 fecal samples 84 from symptomatic and 99 from asymptomatic children were
tested by enzyme immunoassay for HAstV. Prevalence rates were found to be 11 and 3% for symptomatic and
asymptomatic children, respectively. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was carried out in
46 specimens (26 symptomatic and 20 asymptomatic) including the 12 samples that were positive by enzyme immunoassay (EIA). The overall positivity yielded by both methods was 8% (15/184); of these, 11% (9/84) for symptomatic and 5% (5/99) for those without symptoms or signs. Sequence analysis of amplicons revealed that HAstV-1
genotype was the most prevalent, accounting for 60% of isolates. Genotypes 2, 3, 4, and 5 were also detected, as one
single isolate (10%) for each type. Variations in the sequences were observed when Brazilian isolates were compared to prototype strains identified in the United Kingdom. No seasonal pattern of occurrence was observed
during these two years of study, and peak detection rate was observed in children aged between 3 and 6 months in
the symptomatic group, and between 18 and 24 months in the controls. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Seção de Virologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Hospital Universitário Materno Infantil. São Luís, MA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Seção de Virologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Seção de Virologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Seção de Virologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Seção de Virologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Seção de Virologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Seção de Virologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Virologia Comparada. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Seção de Virologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Human astroviruses (HAstV) | pt_BR |
| Subject | Diarrhea | pt_BR |
| Subject | Children | pt_BR |
| Subject | São Luís, Maranhão | pt_BR |
| Subject | Brazil | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Mamastrovirus | pt_BR |
| e-ISSN | 1678-8060 | |
