Sapovirus

Sapporo virus
Transmission electron micrograph of Sapporo viruses.
Virus classification
Group:	Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Family:	Caliciviridae
Genus:	Sapporo virus

Sapoviruses are caliciviruses that together with the noroviruses, are the most common cause of acute viral gastroenteritis in adults.^[1] The type species is Sapporo virus^[2] and it is named after Sapporo, Japan where the virus was first discovered following an outbreak of gastroenteritis in an orphanage.^[3] Unlike norovirus, this virus generally only causes mild gastroenteritis in young children.^[4] A different type of virus called rotavirus is the main cause of severe, acute gastroenteritis in children under the age of five years.^[5]

References

1. ^ Blanton LH, Adams SM, Beard RS, et al. (2006). "Molecular and epidemiological trends of caliciviruses associated with outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis in the United States, 2000–2004". J Infect Dis 193 (3): 413–21. doi:10.1086/499315. PMID 16388489. 
2. ^ Hansman GS, Oka T, Katayama K, Takeda N (2007). "Human sapoviruses: genetic diversity, recombination, and classification". Reviews in Medical Virology 17 (2): 133–41. doi:10.1002/rmv.533. PMID 17340567. 
3. ^ Chiba S, Sakuma Y, Kogasaka R, Akihara M, Terashima H, Horino K, Nakao T (August 1980). "Fecal shedding of virus in relation to the days of illness in infantile gastroenteritis due to calicivirus". The Journal of Infectious Diseases 142 (2): 247–9. doi:10.1093/infdis/142.2.247. PMID 7410899. 
4. ^ Moreno-Espinosa S, Farkas T, Jiang X (October 2004). "Human caliciviruses and pediatric gastroenteritis". Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases 15 (4): 237–45. doi:10.1053/j.spid.2004.07.004. PMID 15494947. 
5. ^ Szajewska H, Dziechciarz P (January 2010). "Gastrointestinal infections in the pediatric population". Current Opinion in Gastroenterology 26 (1): 36–44. doi:10.1097/MOG.0b013e328333d799. PMID 19887936. 

External links

• Viralzone: Sapovirus