Human Parechovirus Infections in Monkeys with Diarrhea, China

Abstract

Information about human parechovirus (HPeV) infection in animals is scant. Using 5′ untranslated region reverse transcription–PCR, we detected HPeV in feces of monkeys with diarrhea and sequenced the complete genome of 1 isolate (SH6). Monkeys may serve as reservoirs for zoonotic HPeV transmissions and as models for studies of HPeV pathogenesis.

Keywords

• Human parechovirus
• China
• monkey
• viruses
• zoonoses
• dispatch