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Identification of new subtype of astrovirus type 3 from an infant with diarrhea in Wuhan, China.
Virology - 25 May 2008
Liu Man-Qing, Peng Jin-Song, Tang Li, Zhou Yu, Yang Bei-Fang, Wang Yuan-Hong, Wang Bin, Zhou Dun-Jin, Huang Han-Ju, Ho Wen-Zhe
Abstract excerpt
Human astrovirus is one of the important causes for viral gastroenteritis in young children. In previous study where we examined the molecular epidemiology of human astrovirus (HAstV) infection in infants in Wuhan City, we isolated and identified a new subtype (WH1859) of HAstV genotype 3 from an infant with diarrhea. The sequence analysis of this strain showed that the complete region of ORF2 of WH1859 contains...
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