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Detection of diverse novel astroviruses from small mammals in China.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 2014
Hu Ben, Chmura Aleksei A, Li Jialu, Zhu Guangjian, Desmond James S, Zhang Yunzhi, Zhang Wei, Epstein Jonathan H, Daszak Peter, Shi Zhengli
Abstract excerpt
Astroviruses infect humans and many animal species and cause gastroenteritis. To extensively understand the distribution and genetic diversity of astrovirus in small mammals, we tested 968 anal swabs from 39 animal species, most of which were bats and rodents. We detected diverse astroviruses in 10 bat species, including known bat astroviruses and a large number of novel viruses. Meanwhile, novel groups of...
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