TY - JOUR AU - Machado, Raiana Scerni AU - de Sousa, Ivanildo Pedro AU - Monteiro, Jacqueline Cortinhas AU - Ferreira, James Lima AU - dos Santos Alves, Jainara Cristina AU - Tavares, Fernando Neto PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10/16 TI - Detection and identification of enteroviruses circulating in children with acute gastroenteritis in Pará State, Northern Brazil (2010–2011) JO - Virology Journal SP - 156 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Although acute gastroenteritis (AGE) has been reported as a common infectious disease in children, there is scarce information about enterovirus (EV) circulating associated with AGE cases in Brazil. The purpose of the present study was to identify and characterize the enteroviruses associated with AGE in children in Belém, Brazil. A total of 175 stool samples were obtained from children hospitalized revealing the presence of EV in 26.3% (46/175) of infections. EV type was identified in 78.3% (36/46) and EV-B species (61.1%; 22/36) was the most prevalent EV-detected followed by EV-C (25%; 9/36) and EV-A (13.9%; 5/36). This study has provided important information about the enterovirus circulation in Pará state, Northern Brazil. SN - 1743-422X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-020-01431-w DO - 10.1186/s12985-020-01431-w ID - Machado2020 ER -