Volume 14, Number 9—September 2008
Research
Circulation of 3 Lineages of a Novel Saffold Cardiovirus in Humans
Jan Felix Drexler, Luciano Kleber de Souza Luna, Andreas Stöcker, Patrícia Silva Almeida, Tereza Cristina Medrado Ribeiro, Nadine Petersen, Petra Herzog, Célia Pedroso, Hans Iko Huppertz, Hugo da Costa Ribeiro, Sigrid Baumgarte, and Christian Drosten
Table 3
Characteristics of cardiovirus-positive patients, Germany and Brazil, 2004 and 2006*
| Patient ID | Sampling date | Sampling site epidemiologic context | Patient sex | Patient age at sampling | Clinical symptoms | Viral co-infections† | Virus concentration‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR/118/2006 | 2006 Aug 2 | Salvador, Brazil | M | 6 wk | Gastroenteritis | Adenovirus, norovirus | 33,373,329 |
| BR/176/2006 | 2006 Oct 2 | Salvador, Brazil | F | 4 y | Gastroenteritis, URTI§ | Norovirus | 283,305 |
| D/VI2273/2004 | 2004 Nov 9 | Outbreak, childcare center, Altona, Hamburg Germany | M | 2 y | Gastroenteritis | Adenovirus | 673,009,359 |
| D/VI2223/2004 | 2004 Nov 2 | Single case, pediatric outpatient, Hamburg Germany | M | 2 y | Gastroenteritis | None | 59,687,364 |
| D/VI2229/2004 | 2004 Nov 1 | Single case, kindergarten, Bergedorf, Hamburg Germany | F | 4 y | Gastroenteritis | None | 5,044,412,175 |
| D/PN11/2004 | 2004 Nov 15 | Family outbreak, Bergedorf, Hamburg Germany | M | 6 y | Gastroenteritis | Enterovirus | 3,093,024 |
*ID, identification; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.
†All samples were tested for norovirus, rotavirus, adenovirus, astrovirus, parechovirus, and enterovirus.
‡Viral RNA copies in ≈1 g/1 mL of stool.
§Respiratory tract sample testing negative for Saffold-like virus.
