The evolutionary phylodynamics of human parechovirus A type 3 reveal multiple recombination events in South Korea

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Human parechovirus A (HPeV-A) is a causative agent of respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses, acute flaccid paralysis encephalitis, meningitis, and neonatal sepsis. To clarify the characteristics of HPeV-A infection in children, 391 fecal specimens were collected from January 2014 to October 2015 from patients with acute gastroenteritis in Seoul, South Korea. Of these, 221/391 (56.5%) HPeV-A positive samples were found in children less than 2 years old. Three HPeV-A genotypes HPeV-A1 (117/221; 52.94%), HPeV-A3 (100/221; 45.25%), and HPeV-A6 (4/221; 1.81%) were detected, among which HPeV-A3 was predominant with the highest recorded value of 58.6% in 2015. Moreover, recombination events in the Korean HPeV-A3 strains were detected. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the capsid-encoding regions and noncapsid gene 2A of the four Korean HPeV-A3 strains are closely related to the HPeV-A3 strains isolated in Canada in 2007 (Can82853-01), Japan in 2008 (A308/99), and Taiwan in 2011 (TW-03067-2011) while noncapsid genes P2 (2B-2C) and P3 (3A-3D) are closely related to those of HPeV-A1 strains BNI-788St (Germany in 2008) and TW-71594-2010 (Taiwan in 2010). This first report on the whole-genome analysis of HPeV-A3 in Korea provides insight into the evolving status and pathogenesis of HPeVs in children.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:96

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Journal of medical virology - 96(2024), 2 vom: 29. Feb., Seite e29477

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Truong, Thoi C [VerfasserIn]
Park, Heekuk [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jong-Hwa [VerfasserIn]
Tran, Van Trung [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Wonyong [VerfasserIn]

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Acute gastroenteritis
Evolution
Journal Article
Pan-genome
Parechovirus
Recombination

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Date Completed 21.02.2024

Date Revised 21.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1002/jmv.29477

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NLM368669955