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| Author(s): |
Hugo Reis Resque
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2008-02-14 |
| Examining board members: |
Maria Lucia Barbosa de Oliveira Racz;
Paulo Eduardo Brandão;
Julia Maria Martins de Souza Felippe;
Maria Silvia Viccari Gatti;
José Antonio Jerez
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| Advisor: | Maria Lucia Barbosa de Oliveira Racz |
| Abstract | |
The purpose of this study was to characterize astrovirus in faecal samples collected from children with and without diarrhea in São Paulo city, Brazil, and grouped into two distinct groups, EPM and HU. Detection was carried out using RT-PCR with specific primers. Results for EPM set showed that 66/234 (28,2%) were positive. In the HU set of samples, 18/187 (9,6%) were positive for astrovirus. Genotyping was carried out with nested/RT-PCR. Out of 66 astrovirus positive EPM samples, 19 (28,7%) were characterized as HAstV-1, 4 (6,0%) as HAstV-2, 2 (3,0%) as HAstV-3, 1 (1,5%) as HAstV-5 and 3 (4,5%) as HAstV-8. Among 18 astrovirus positive HU samples, 1 (5,5%) was characterized as HAstV-1, 7 (38,8%) as HAstV-2 and 1 (5,5%) as HAstV-8. Genotyped samples were confirmed by nucleotide sequencing. Detection and genotyping of astrovirus in pediatric diarrhea are important and describes how this virus is circulating in São Paulo, Brazil. (AU) | |