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First report of human astrovirus MLB2 in Brazil detected in feces of children with acute gastroenteritis living in the state of Roraima, Northern Brazil.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Olivares Alberto Ignacio Olivares, Moraes Marcia Terezinha Baroni de, Queiroz Herika Caroline Fernandes de, Pimenta Yan Cardoso, Leite José Paulo Gagliardi
Abstract excerpt
Human astrovirus (HAstV) 1-8 and highly divergent HAstVMLB1-3 genotypes have been detected in children both with and without acute gastroenteritis (AGE). One hundred and seventy fecal samples from children (≤5 years old) living in the Amazon region were evaluated for the presence of HAstV1-8, HAstV MLB1-3 and HAstVVA1-3, using an usual RT-PCR protocol and a new protocol with specific primers designed to detect...
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