Article
Human stool contains a previously unrecognized diversity of novel astroviruses.
Virology journal - 8 Oct 2009
Finkbeiner Stacy R, Holtz Lori R, Jiang Yanfang, Rajendran Priya, Franz Carl J, Zhao Guoyan, Kang Gagandeep, Wang David
Abstract excerpt
Human astroviruses are a leading cause of gastrointestinal disease. Since their discovery in 1975, 8 closely related serotypes have been described in humans, and more recently, two new astrovirus species, astrovirus MLB1 and astrovirus VA1, were identified in diarrhea patients. In this study, we used consensus astrovirus primers targeting the RNA polymerase to define the diversity of astroviruses present in...
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