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Surge of human astrovirus type 1 infection in summer 2022 in Korea.
Epidemiology and infection - 6 Jan 2025
Lee Su-Kyung, Jeon You La, Cho Eun-Jung, Kim Han-Sung, Kim Jae-Seok, Song Wonkeun, Kim Hyun Soo
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As astroviral infection rapidly increased in the summer of 2022 in Korea, this study aimed to determine the cause and genotype of astroviruses during this period. From January to December 2022, we tested 43,312 stool samples from patients with acute gastroenteritis utilizing multiplex PCR to detect HAstV. For the HAstV-positive samples, we determined the genotypes of the HAstVs by PCR and sequencing. The monthly...
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