Volume 13, Number 6—June 2007
Dispatch
Norovirus Infection in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis, Madagascar, 2004–2005
Dimitrios C. Papaventsis*, Winifred Dove*, Nigel A. Cunliffe*, Patrice Combe‡, Pierre Grosjean‡, C. Anthony Hart*
, and Toyoko Nakagomi*†
, and Toyoko Nakagomi*†Table 1
Characteristics of viruses from children with acute gastroenteritis in Madagascar*
| Identification no. | GenBank accession no. | Sample† date | Age, mo | Sex | Norovirus PCR | Norovirus sequencing | EM for NoV, RV, AV‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DG6004-Madag04 | EF213640 | May 2004 | 14 | M | GI pos | GI-1 | Neg |
| DC2022-Madag04 | EF213626 | July 2004 | 14 | F | GII pos | GII novel | Neg |
| DG6003-Madag04 | EF213634 | Oct 2004 | 44 | M | GII pos | GII novel | Neg |
| DR0011-Madag04 | EF213628 | Nov 2004 | 12 | M | GII pos | GII novel | Neg |
| DR0025-Madag04 | EF213625 | Nov 2004 | 17 | M | GI pos | GI-4 | Neg |
| DC2048-Madag04 | EF213624 | Nov 2004 | 3 | M | GI pos | GI-3 | Neg |
| DR0023-Madag04 | EF213638 | Nov 2004 | 9 | F | GI pos | GI-3 | Neg |
| DR0045-Madag04 | EF213627 | Nov 2004 | 19 | F | GII pos | GII novel | Neg |
| DC2054-Madag04 | EF213629 | Dec 2004 | 16 | M | GII pos | GII novel | Pos (putative NoV) |
| DG6020-Madag04 | EF213630 | Dec 2004 | 30 | M | GII pos | GII novel | Neg |
| DR0046-Madag04 | EF213631 | Dec 2004 | 14 | F | GII pos | GII novel | Neg |
| DT1020-Madag04 | EF213632 | Dec 2004 | 12 | F | GII pos | GII novel | Neg |
| DT1032-Madag04 | EF213633 | Dec 2004 | 8 | M | GII pos | GII novel | Neg |
| DM4025-Madag05 | EF213635 | Mar 2005 | 51 | M | GII pos | GII novel | Neg |
*EM, electron microscopy, NoV, norovirus; RV, rotavirus; AV, astrovirus; pos, positive; neg, negative.
†Fecal samples.
‡All norovirus-positive samples were negative for AV and RV when tested by reverse transcription–PCR.
