New Parvovirus in Child with Unexplained Diarrhea, Tunisia

A divergent parvovirus genome was the only eukaryotic viral sequence detected in feces of a Tunisian child with unexplained diarrhea. Tusavirus 1 shared 44% and 39% identity with the nonstructural protein 1 and viral protein 1, respectively, of the closest genome, Kilham rat parvovirus, indicating p...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tung G. Phan, Khira Sdiri-Loulizi, Mahjoub Aouni, Katia Ambert-Balay, Pierre Pothier, Xutao Deng, Eric Delwart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/11/14-0428_article