title: Molecular epidemiology of astrovirus infection in infants in Wuhan, China.
abstract: We report the molecular epidemiology of astrovirus infection in 335 infants with diarrhea in Wuhan City, China. Astrovirus RNA was detected in the stool specimens of 33 children (9.87%). Genotyping analysis indicated that 23 out of 24 astroviruses identified were classified as belonging to genotype 1, with highest identity (>98%) to a Mongolian strain.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, 24 Jiang Han Bei Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, People's Republic of China. liumq33@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Man-Qing
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bei-Fang
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jin-Song
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Dun-Jin
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shi-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Wen-Zhe
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D019350:Astroviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D001257:Mamastrovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral