Isolation of Cytopathic Small Round Virus (Aichi Virus) from Pakistani Children and Japanese Travelers from Southeast Asia

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  • Shinichi Kobayashi
    Department of Virology Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health Aichi Nagoya 462 Japan
  • Kenji Sakae
    Department of Virology Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health Aichi Nagoya 462 Japan
  • Yuichi Ishihara
    Department of Virology Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health Aichi Nagoya 462 Japan
  • Takashi Miyake
    Department of Virology Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health Aichi Nagoya 462 Japan
  • Agboatwalla Mubina
    Department of Pediatrics II Civil Hospital Karachi Pakistan
  • Shin Isomura
    Nagoya University School of Medicine Aichi Nagoya 466 Japan
  • Teruo Yamashita
    Department of Virology Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health Aichi Nagoya 462 Japan

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1995-06
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  • 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1995.tb02225.x
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Aichi virus was isolated in Vero cells from 5 (2.3%) of 222 Pakistani children with gastroenteritis but none was found in 91 healthy children. Aichi virus was also isolated from 5 (0.7%) of 722 Japanese travelers returned from tours to Southeast Asian countries and complained of gastrointestinal symptoms at the quarantine station of Nagoya International Airport in Japan. Of 5 Japanese travelers, 3 were returning from Indonesia, and 2 from Thailand or Malaysia. These results indicate that Aichi virus or a similar agent is endemic in Southeast Asian countries and is a cause of gastrointestinal symptoms in children in these areas or in Japanese travelers who visit there.</jats:p>

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