Aichivirus A formerly Aichi virus (AiV)
is a small, round,
cytopathic positive sense and ssRNA virus. It belongs to the genus
Kobuvirus
''Kobuvirus'' is a genus of viruses in the order ''Picornavirales'', in the family ''Picornaviridae
Picornaviruses are a group of related nonenveloped RNA viruses which infect vertebrates including fish, mammals, and birds. They are vi ...
in the family
Picornaviridae
Picornaviruses are a group of related nonenveloped RNA viruses which infect vertebrates including fish, mammals, and birds. They are viruses that represent a large family of small, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses with a 30&nbs ...
. Aichivirus A was originally identified after a 1989 outbreak of acute
gastroenteritis in the
Aichi Prefecture, and was likely linked to raw
oyster
Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but not ...
per genetic analysis.
It has since been isolated in studies of
Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
children,
[; ] Pakistani children, and
Japanese travelers.
References
Picornaviridae
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