The Fecal Virome of Children with Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease that Tested PCR Negative for Pathogenic Enteroviruses

PLoS One. 2015 Aug 19;10(8):e0135573. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135573. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) affects infant and young children. A viral metagenomic approach was used to identify the eukaryotic viruses in fecal samples from 29 Thai children with clinical diagnosis of HFMD collected during the 2012 outbreak. These children had previously tested negative by PCR for enterovirus 71 and coxsackievirus A16 and A6. Deep sequencing revealed nine virus families: Picornaviridae, Astroviridae, Parvoviridae, Caliciviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Adenoviridae, Reoviridae, Picobirnaviridae, and Polyomaviridae. The highest number of viral sequences belonged to human rhinovirus C, astrovirus-MLB2, and coxsackievirus A21. Our study provides an overview of virus community and highlights a broad diversity of viruses found in feces from children with HFMD.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Child
  • DNA, Viral / genetics
  • Enterovirus / genetics
  • Feces / virology*
  • Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / virology*
  • Humans
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Thailand

Substances

  • DNA, Viral
  • RNA, Viral