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A highly prevalent and genetically diversified Picornaviridae genus in South Asian children.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Dec 2008
Kapoor Amit, Victoria Joseph, Simmonds Peter, Slikas Elizabeth, Chieochansin Thaweesak, Naeem Asif, Shaukat Shahzad, Sharif Salmaan, Alam Muhammad Masroor, Angez Mehar, Wang Chunlin, Shafer Robert W, Zaidi Sohail, Delwart Eric
Abstract excerpt
Viral metagenomics focused on particle-protected nucleic acids was used on the stools of South Asian children with nonpolio acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). We identified sequences distantly related to Seneca Valley virus and cardioviruses that were then used as genetic footholds to characterize mu...
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