Volume 17, Number 8—August 2011
Dispatch
Aichi Virus Shedding in High Concentrations in Patients with Acute Diarrhea
Table 2
Characteristics of patients positive for Aichi virus, Germany, 2004*
Sample ID no. | Sampling date | Patient age, y/sex | Animal contact | Diarrhea | Emesis | Symptomatic contact person | Recent travel history | Other symptoms | Suspicious food ingested | Virus concentration† |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D/VI 2169 | Oct 19 | 7/M | No | Yes | Yes | Mother | No | Abdominal pain | None | 1.30 × 1012 |
D/VI 2244 | Nov 2 | 9/M | No | Yes | No | None | No | Abdominal pain | None | 1.37 × 107 |
D/VI 2287 | Nov 8 | 27/M | No | Yes | No | None | No | None | None | 6.77 × 107 |
D/VI 2321 | Nov 10 | 26/F | No | No | No | None | No | Abdominal pain | Fast-food chicken nuggets | 6.09 × 109 |
D/VI 2359 | Nov 16 | 16/M | 2 birds | Yes | No | None | No | Abdominal pain | Ground pork | 2.79 × 106 |
D/VI 2524 | Dec 4 | 7/M | No | Yes | No | None | Italy | Abdominal pain | Chicken | 4.21 × 107 |
D/VI 2528 | Dec 2 | 43/F | No | No | Yes | Daughter | No | Abdominal pain | None | 4.42 × 106 |
D/VI 2535 | Dec 2 | 6/F | No | No | Yes | Mother | No | Throat pain | None | 2.27 × 107 |
D/VI 2582 | Dec 6 | 38/F | Cat | Yes | Yes | None | No | Abdominal pain | Minced meat | 9.99 × 106 |
D/VI 2591 | Dec 7 | 43/F | Dog | Yes | Yes | None | No | None | None | 1.08 × 102 |
*No patients had fever (>38.5°C) or co-infections. All samples were tested for norovirus, rotavirus, adenovirus, astrovirus, parechovirus, enterovirus, and common bacterial pathogens. ID, identification.
†RNA copies/g stool.