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Distribution and molecular characterization of saffold virus and human cosavirus in children admitted to hospitals with acute gastroenteritis in Thailand, 2017-2022

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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
Volume 95, Issue 10, Pages -

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.29159

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children; gastroenteritis; human cosavirus; saffold virus; Thailand

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This study investigated the prevalence of Saffold virus and human cosavirus in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 2017 to 2022. The results showed that the infection rates of these two viruses in pediatric patients were 0.9% and 1.6% respectively. Three genotypes of Saffold virus were identified, while two genetic groups of human cosavirus were observed, with a significant increase in HCoSV-C infection rate compared to previous reports in the same region.
Saffold virus (SAFV) and human cosavirus (HCoSV) are emerging viruses of the Picornaviridae family. They have been shown to associate with gastrointestinal infection and more recently these viruses have also been demonstrated to associate with other clinical infections such as the respiratory tract, cardiovascular system, and the cerebral ventricular system. In this study, 2459 stool specimens collected from pediatric patients admitted to hospitals with acute gastroenteritis from January 2017 to December 2022, were screened for SAFV and HCoSV utilizing reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Positive samples were then characterized into genotypes via nucleotide sequencing and bioinformatic analysis. Of the 2459 samples, 21 and 39 were positive for SAFV (0.9%) and HCoSV (1.6%), respectively. Three genotypes of SAFV were identified-SAFV-1 (38%), SAFV-2 (24%), and SAFV-3 (38%). Two genetic groups of HCoSV were identified-HCoSV-C (97%) and HCoSV-A (3%), demonstrating a large increase of HCoSV-C as compared to those reported previously from the same geographical region in Thailand. This study provides the prevalence of SAFV and HCoSV genotypes in Chiang Mai, Thailand during a period of 6 years from 2017 to 2022.

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