Novel Human Parechovirus from Brazil

Abstract

Human parechoviruses (HPeVs) were detected by reverse transcription–PCR in 16.1% of 335 stool samples from children <6 years of age with enteritis in Salvador, Brazil. Whole genome sequencing of 1 sample showed a novel HPeV that has been designated as HPeV8.

Keywords

• Picornaviridae
• picornavirus infections
• human parechovirus
• Brazil
• genetic diversity
• communicable diseases