Epidemic myalgia associated with human parechovirus type 3 infection among adults occurs during an outbreak among children : findings from Yamagata, Japan, in 2011

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BACKGROUND: Based on our findings in Yamagata, Japan, in 2008, we reported that human parechovirus type 3 (HPeV3) could be associated with epidemic myalgia among adults, although HPeV3 is generally associated with infectious diseases in children.

OBJECTIVES: To clarify the relationship between community outbreaks among children and myalgia through the continued surveillance of HPeV3 infections.

STUDY DESIGN: In the summer season (June-August) of 2011, we collected 586 specimens from children with infectious diseases, and throat swabs, and stool and serum specimens from 5 patients with myalgia. We detected HPeV3 using virus isolation and reverse-transcription PCR, and carried out phylogenetic analysis. We also performed screening for HPeV3 using 309 stocked frozen specimens collected in 2008 for a comparison between 2008 and 2011 strains.

RESULTS: We detected HPeV3 in 59 children and isolated HPeV3 from all myalgia patients. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the HPeV3 strains circulating in 2008 and 2011 could be clearly distinguished, apart from two strains. Further, we detected HPeV3 strains with identical nucleotide sequences from children and adults in 2008 and 2011, respectively. Two children belonging to one myalgia patient had upper respiratory infections prior to the onset of their father's illness, and the HPeV3 isolates from these three patients had identical nucleotide sequences.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that HPeV3, circulating among children in the community, infects their household, including parents, a portion of whom may subsequently show symptoms of myalgia. Our observations in 2008 and 2011 strongly suggest that clinical consideration should be given to HPeV3 in children as well as in adults during summer seasons in which an HPeV3 outbreak occurs among the children in the community.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 58(2013), 1 vom: 07. Sept., Seite 188-93

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mizuta, Katsumi [VerfasserIn]
Yamakawa, Tatsushi [VerfasserIn]
Nagasawa, Hikaru [VerfasserIn]
Itagaki, Tsutomu [VerfasserIn]
Katsushima, Fumio [VerfasserIn]
Katsushima, Yuriko [VerfasserIn]
Shimizu, Yukitoshi [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Sueshi [VerfasserIn]
Aoki, Yoko [VerfasserIn]
Ikeda, Tatsuya [VerfasserIn]
Abiko, Chieko [VerfasserIn]
Kuroda, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Noda, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Kimura, Hirokazu [VerfasserIn]
Ahiko, Tadayuki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adult
Child
Epidemic myalgia
HPeV1
Human parechovirus type 1
Human parechovirus type 3
Journal Article
NESID
National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases
RNA, Viral
RT
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Reverse-transcription
VP
Viral protein

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Date Completed 03.03.2014

Date Revised 12.08.2013

published: Print-Electronic

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Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcv.2013.05.019

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM228560950