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Molecular Analysis of Human Adenoviruses in Hospitalized Children <5 Years Old With Acute Gastroenteritis in Tehran, Iran Publisher Pubmed



Arashkia A1 ; Bahrami F1 ; Farsi M2 ; Nejati B2 ; Jalilvand S3 ; Nateghian A4 ; Rahbarimanesh A5 ; Shoja Z1
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Source: Journal of Medical Virology Published:2019


Abstract

Human adenoviruses (HAdVs), especially AdV-40 and 41, are common causes of nonbacterial sporadic and outbreak gastroenteritis in children. The present study aimed to describe the frequency and genetic analysis of HAdVs in hospitalized children <5 years old with acute gastroenteritis. A total of 376 stool samples obtained from June 2015 to December 2017 were investigated for the presence of HAdVs by polymerase chain reaction. The HAdV DNA was detected in 16 (4.3%) out of 376 stool samples. Based on the hexon hypervariable region (HVR), B, C, and F HADV species including five types HAdV-1, 2, 3, 6, and 41 were identified, among which enteric AdV species F (EAdV-41) was the most dominant. Moreover, our findings showed the presence of genomic type cluster 1 (GTC1) pattern in Iranian type 41 strains, which was closely similar to the D1 prototype strain (Tak) and D28. In this regard, a recombination was found in AdV-41 strains presenting the hexon sequence that belonged to GTC1, while fiber sequence clustered with GTC2. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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