Human astrovirus infection in a patient with new-onset celiac disease.
Many diseases with unknown etiology may be caused by unidentified viruses. Sequence-independent amplification revealed a new astrovirus, similar to VA1, in a 4-year-old male diagnosed with celiac disease. This expands the geographic range of this virus to include Europe and may associate astrovirus infection with the onset of celiac disease.
Smits
Saskia L
SL
ViroClinics BioSciences, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
van Leeuwen
Marije
M
van der Eijk
Annemiek A
AA
Fraaij
Pieter L A
PL
Escher
Johanna C
JC
Simon
James H
JH
Osterhaus
Albert D M E
AD
D019350:Astroviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001257:Mamastrovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009426:Netherlands