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Blood virosphere in febrile Tanzanian children

Cordey, S. and Laubscher, F. and Hartley, M. A. and Junier, T. and Keitel, K. and Docquier, M. and Guex, N. and Iseli, C. and Vieille, G. and Mercier, P. L. and Gleizes, A. and Samaka, J. and Mlaganile, T. and Kagoro, F. and Masimba, J. and Said, Z. and Temba, H. and Elbanna, G. H. and Tapparel, C. and Zanella, M. C. and Xenarios, I. and Fellay, J. and D'Acremont, V. and Kaiser, L.. (2021) Blood virosphere in febrile Tanzanian children. Emerg Microbes Infect, 10 (1). pp. 982-993.

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Abstract

AbstractViral infections are the leading cause of childhood acute febrile illnesses motivating consultation in sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of causal viruses are never identified in low-resource clinical settings as such testing is either not part of routine screening or available diagnostic tools have limited ability to detect new/unexpected viral variants. An in-depth exploration of the blood virome is therefore necessary to clarify the potential viral origin of fever in children.Metagenomic next-generation sequencing is a powerful tool for such broad investigations, allowing the detection of RNA and DNA viral genomes. Here, we describe the blood virome of 816 febrile children (<5 years) presenting at outpatient departments in Dar es Salaam over one-year. We show that half of the patients (394/816) had at least one detected virus recognized as causes of human infection/disease (13.8% enteroviruses (enterovirus A, B, C, and rhinovirus A and C), 12% rotaviruses, 11% human herpesvirus type 6). Additionally, we report the detection of a large number of viruses (related to arthropod, vertebrate or mammalian viral species) not yet known to cause human infection/disease, highlighting those who should be on the radar, deserve specific attention in the febrile paediatric population and, more broadly, for surveillance of emerging pathogens.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02225769..
Faculties and Departments:09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Medicine (MED) > Clinical Research (Reither)
UniBasel Contributors:Keitel, Kristina and D'Acremont, Valérie
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
ISSN:2222-1751 (Electronic)2222-1751 (Linking)
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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