TY - T1 - Epidemiology of two human protoparvoviruses, bufavirus and tusavirus SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/172958 T3 - A1 - Vaisanen, Elina; Paloniemi, Minna; Kuisma, Inka; Lithovius, Väinö; Kumar, Arun; Franssila, Rauli; Ahmed, Kamruddin; Delwart, Eric; Vesikari, Timo; Hedman, Klaus; Soderlund-Venermo, Maria A2 - PB - Y1 - 2016 LA - eng AB - Two human parvoviruses were recently discovered by metagenomics in Africa, bufavirus (BuV) in 2012 and tusavirus (TuV) in 2014. These viruses have been studied exclusively by PCR in stool and detected only in patients with diarrhoea, although at low prevalence. Three genotypes of BuV have been identified. We detected, by in-house EIA, BuV1-3 IgG antibodies in 7/228 children (3.1%) and 10/180 adults (5.6%), whereas TuV IgG was found in one child (0.4%). All children and 91% of the adults were Fin... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - GENETIC DIVERSITY; Protoparvovirus; Acute respiratory infection; ACUTE DIARRHEA; serology; PARVOVIRUS; IDENTIFICATION; INFECTION; CHILDREN; FECES; PCR; 3111 Biomedicine N1 - PP - ER -