Monoclonal antibody (MAb) preparations specific for the enteric adenoviruses of subgenus F (AdF) were generated and evaluated as typing reagents in virus neutralization tests and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). A panel of 11 genome types of adenovirus 40 (Ad40), 24 genome types of Ad41, and 47 adenovirus prototype strains was used to determine the specificities of the MAbs in the t...

Background Noroviruses are a group of viruses that cause gastroenteritis (illness that usually includes diarrhea and/or vomiting) in people. Gastroenteritis means inflammation of the stomach and small and large intestines. Many different viruses can cause gastroenteritis, including rotaviruses; noroviruses; adenoviruses, types 40 and 41; sapoviruses; and astroviruses. Current techniques used fo...

BACKGROUND Enteric adenoviruses 40 (Ad40) and adenovirus 41 (Ad41) have been shown to be a significant cause of paediatric gastroenteritis worldwide, but no data are available for nosocomial diarrhea due to adenovirus in Iran. AIM The present study was performed to determine the incidence of Ad40 and Ad41 in children less than five years with nosocomial diarrhea in Shahrekord, southwest Iran....

Eighty-two stool samples from children with gastroenteritis in Canada, England, and Thailand which had been shown to contain adenovirus antigen (by a group-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) or adenovirus particles (by electron microscopy) or both, were tested for primary isolation of enteric adenoviruses in HEp-2 and Graham 293 cells. Graham 293 cells are known to support the replicat...

BACKGROUND Adenoviruses, particularly enteric adenoviruses (EAds) type 40 (Ad40) and type 41(Ad41), can cause acute and severe diarrhea in young children worldwide. This study was conducted to delineate the epidemiological features of adenoviruses identified in children with gastroenteritis in Northwestern Nigeria. METHODS All 282 specimens comprising 248 diarrheic and 34 non-diarrheic stools...