Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2012)

Human Parvovirus 4 in Nasal and Fecal Specimens from Children, Ghana

  • Jan Felix Drexler,
  • Ulrike Reber,
  • Doreen Muth,
  • Petra Herzog,
  • Augustina Annan,
  • Fabian Ebach,
  • Nimarko Sarpong,
  • Samuel Acquah,
  • Julia Adlkofer,
  • Yaw Adu-Sarkodie,
  • Marcus Panning,
  • Egbert Tannich,
  • Jürgen May,
  • Christian Drosten,
  • Anna Maria Eis-Hübinger

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1810.111373
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 10
pp. 1650 – 1653

Abstract

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Nonparenteral transmission might contribute to human parvovirus 4 (PARV4) infections in sub-Saharan Africa. PARV4 DNA was detected in 8 (0.83%) of 961 nasal samples and 5 (0.53%) of 943 fecal samples from 1,904 children in Ghana. Virus concentrations ≤6–7 log10 copies/mL suggest respiratory or fecal–oral modes of PARV4 transmission.

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