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Identification of human astrovirus infections among children with acute gastroenteritis in the Southern Part of Vietnam during 2005-2006.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Feb 2008
Nguyen Tuan Anh, Hoang LePhuc, Pham Le Duc, Hoang Kim Trong, Mizuguchi Misashi, Okitsu Shoko, Ushijima Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
A molecular epidemiological study on common diarrheal viruses was conducted in a children's hospital in Ho Chi Minh City between December 2005 and November 2006. Fecal samples were collected from 502 pediatric patients with acute gastroenteritis, and were screened for eight types of viral agents. Human astroviruses (HAstVs), which were detected with a prevalence of 13.9%, became the second most frequent viral...
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