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Characterisation of a South African human astrovirus as type 8 by antigenic and genetic analyses.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2001
Taylor M B, Walter J, Berke T, Cubitt W D, Mitchell D K, Matson D O
Abstract excerpt
Human astroviruses (HAstV) can, on the basis of immunoassays using type-specific rabbit antisera, be classified into eight serotypes that correlate with genotypes. Very few isolates of HAstV type 8 have been described and there is a paucity of data available with regard to the antigenic and genetic relationships between HAstV type 8 (HAstV-8) and HAstV types 1 (HAstV-1) to 7 (HAstV-7). A wild-type HAstV from a...
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