Detection of MuKV in stool samples
Two hundred and forty three fecal samples of murine rodents from Xiamen (n=96), Malipo (n=48) and Yiyang (n=99) in Southern China were screened for the presence of MuKV by PCR utilizing a universal primer pair targeted to their corresponding 3D regions, with an overall prevalence of 23.0% (56/243). The MuKV was examined at the highest positive rate of 28.1% (41/146) in Rattus norvegicus , following by 23.7% (9/38) in Rattus tanezumi and 10.2% (6/59) in Rattus losea . Regarding other emerging diarrhea viruses, humanBocavirus , Parechovirus A and Parechovirus B were found in the same stool samples, while the co-infection of MuKV with other emerging diarrhea viruses was not observed in the present study.