Molecular epidemiology of astrovirus infection in infants in Wuhan, China.
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.
Liu
Man-Qing
MQ
Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, 24 Jiang Han Bei Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, People's Republic of China. liumq33@hotmail.com
Yang
Bei-Fang
BF
Peng
Jin-Song
JS
Zhou
Dun-Jin
DJ
Tang
Li
L
Wang
Bin
B
Liu
Yu
Y
Sun
Shi-Hong
SH
Ho
Wen-Zhe
WZ
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
D012367:RNA, Viral