Detection and characterization of human parechoviruses in archived cell cultures, in Hungary

Prevalence and genotypes of human parechovirus in stool samples from hospitalized children in Shanghai, China, 2008 and 2009

“…The HPeV1 genotype was the only predominant genotype during 2008 and 2009 in Shanghai, which is consistent with the fact that HPeV1 is the major genotype worldwide [Watanabe et al, 2007;Baumgarte et al, 2008;Benschop et al, 2008Benschop et al, , 2010Harvala et al, 2008;Tapia et al, 2008;Boros et al, 2010;Ito et al, 2010;Pham et al, 2010aPham et al, , 2011a et al., 2010]. HPeV1 strains could be grouped into two clusters, of which one comprises Harris-like variants designated clade 1A and another is designated clade 1B .…”

Detection of human parechovirus (HPeV)-3 in spinal fluid specimens from pediatric patients in the Chicago area

“…picornaviridae.com/parechovirus/hpev/hpev.htm), but data about characteristics of infection caused by each HPeV type is still very limited. Recent studies have shown that HPeV1 was the type most frequently found in stool or respiratory samples, 1,8,[16][17][18][19][20][21] although the clinical significance of finding HPeV in these sites is not clear. By testing 421 CSF specimens, we identified HPeV3 in 10 patients.…”

Human Parechoviruses, New Players in the Pathogenesis of Viral Meningitis

“…Similar data were found in studies on stool samples in other European countries (Baumgarte et al, 2008;Tapia et al, 2008), and Asia (Ito et al, 2010;Pham et al, 2010Pham et al, , 2011aWatanabe et al, 2007) where HPeV1 was identified as the most prevalent type, followed by HPeV3. HPeV4 is frequently found in stools as well (Benschop et al, 2008c(Benschop et al, , 2010aBoros et al, 2010;Pham et al, 2011b;Zhong et al, 2011), while HPeV6 seems to prevail as a secondary respiratory pathogen (Harvala et al, 2008). Infections with HPeV2 and 5 are reported sporadically (Benschop et al, 2010a;Ehrnst & Eriksson, 1996;van der Sanden et al, 2008).…”