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Occurrence of viruses in human stools in the Ahaggar (Algeria)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

J. M. L. Puel ,
M. S. Orillac ,
R. M. Bauriaud ,
R. Boughermouh ,
O. Akacem  and
Ph. Lefevre-Witier
J. M. L. Puel
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Central de Microbiologie, CHU Purpan, 31059 Toulouse and Centre de Microscopie Electronique appliquée à la Biologie Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
M. S. Orillac
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Central de Microbiologie, CHU Purpan, 31059 Toulouse and Centre de Microscopie Electronique appliquée à la Biologie Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
R. M. Bauriaud
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Central de Microbiologie, CHU Purpan, 31059 Toulouse and Centre de Microscopie Electronique appliquée à la Biologie Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
R. Boughermouh
Affiliation:
Institut Pasteur d'Algérie, Alger
O. Akacem
Affiliation:
Institut Pasteur d'Algérie, Alger
Ph. Lefevre-Witier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Hémotypologie du C.N.R.S., Hôpital Purpan 31059 Toulouse, France
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From October 1977 to May 1980, 243 stools collected in sedentary and semi-nomadic populations of the Ahaggar (Algerian Sahara) were examined using immunoelectronmicroscopy and tissue culture inoculation. Immunoelectron-microscopy revealed the presence of rotaviruses in 8, coronaviruses in 26, adenoviruses in 5 and small round viruses in 4. Enteroviruses were isolated in tissue culture from 24 stools.

Rotaviruses were present in the Ahaggar but were associated with little acute enteric disease. The high frequency of coronaviruses both in gastroenteritis patients and in patients without disease was surprising. The prevalence of enteroviruses in this hyperarid zone was similar to or higher than that found in noticeably more humid countries.

Further systematic bacterial, viral and parasitic examinations are required to clarify the role of the above viruses in the aetiology of gastroenteritis in this region.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 89 , Issue 1 , August 1982 , pp. 171 - 174
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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