TY - JOUR AU - Stöcker, Andreas AU - Souza, Breno Frederico de Carvalho Dominguez AU - Ribeiro, Tereza Cristina Medrado AU - Netto, Eduardo Martins AU - Araujo, Luciana Oliveira AU - Corrêa, Jefferson Ivan AU - Almeida, Patrícia Silva AU - Peixoto de Mattos, Angela AU - Ribeiro, Hugo da Costa AU - Pedral-Sampaio, Diana Brasil AU - Drosten, Christian AU - Drexler, Jan Felix T1 - Cosavirus Infection in Persons with and without Gastroenteritis, Brazil T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 4 SP - 656 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine possible cosavirus association with clinical disease, we used real-time reverse transcription PCR to test children and HIV-positive adults in Brazil with and without gastroenteritis. Thirteen (3.6%) of 359 children with gastroenteritis tested positive, as did 69 (33.8%) of 204 controls. Low prevalence, frequent viral co-infections, and low fecal cosavirus RNA concentrations argue against human pathogenicity. KW - Picornaviridae infections KW - human cosavirus KW - Brazil KW - communicable diseases KW - virus shedding KW - gastroenteritis KW - pathogenesis KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid1804.111415 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/4/11-1415_article ER - End of Reference