Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2011)

Aichi Virus Shedding in High Concentrations in Patients with Acute Diarrhea

  • Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis,
  • Sigrid Baumgarte,
  • Luciano Kleber de Souza Luna,
  • Monika Eschbach-Bludau,
  • Alexander N. Lukashev,
  • Sung Sup Park

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1708.101556
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 8
pp. 1544 – 1548

Abstract

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We assessed Aichi virus shedding in patients with gastroenteritis and negative test results for other viral and bacterial infections. High concentrations of up to 1.32 × 1012 RNA copies/g stool were found in 10 (2.0%) of 499 outpatients sampled in northern Germany, 2004. These data substantiate Aichi virus pathogenicity in humans.

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