Human rhinovirus 87 identified as human enterovirus 68 by VP4-based molecular diagnosis
Human rhinovirus 87 identified as human enterovirus 68 by VP4-based molecular diagnosis
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DOI:
10.1159/000065866
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发表时间:
2002-05-01
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影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Takeda, N
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作者:
Ishiko, H;Miura, R;Takeda, N
Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are the major cause of respiratory infections. We developed a diagnostic method for HRVs based on the reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and VP4-based phylogenetic analysis. A set of primers used in the RT-PCR of human enteroviruses (EVs) appeared to be capable of amplifying all prototype strains of HRVs, each of which generated a 530-by fragment. The single exception was HRV87, which generated a 650-bp fragment, as observed in human EVs. The VP4 nucleotide sequence of HRV-87 showed more than 97% nucleotide identity with human EV-68, and formed a monophyletic cluster along with the prototype strain of EV-68 in the human EV-D cluster. HRV-87 showed the second highest homology (76.8%) with EV-70, another member of the human EV-D, in a sample of 66 human EVs and 12 HRVs. Therefore, HRV-87 should be reclassified into the cluster containing human EV-68. Copyright (C) 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel.