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Characterisation of human astrovirus in a diarrhoea outbreak using nanopore and Sanger sequencing protocols.
Virology journal - 14 Nov 2023
Li Jinhui, Yang Lang, Wang Kaiying, Gao Zhiyong, Li Peihan, Lin Yanfeng, Jia Leili, Wang Quanyi, Song Hongbin, Li Peng
Abstract excerpt
Human astroviruses (HAstV) are etiologic agents of acute gastroenteritis that most often afflict young children and elderly adults. Most studies of HAstV have focused on epidemiology. In this study, we collected 10 stool samples from a diarrhea outbreak from a diarrhea sentinel surveillance hospital in Beijing. Samples were evaluated immediately using parallel multiplex RT-qPCR and nanopore sequencing, and were...
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