Detection of newly described astrovirus MLB1 in stool samples from children.
The prevalence of the recently identified astrovirus MLB1 in a cohort of children with diarrhea in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, was defined by reverse transcription-PCR. Of 254 stool specimens collected in 2008, 4 were positive for astrovirus MLB1. These results show that astrovirus MLB1 is circulating in North America.
Finkbeiner
Stacy R
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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Binh Minh
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Holtz
Lori R
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Storch
Gregory A
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Wang
David
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D019350:Astroviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D001257:Mamastrovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008923:Missouri / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA