title: Human astrovirus infection in a patient with new-onset celiac disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: ViroClinics BioSciences, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Saskia L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Smits
authors.forename: Marije
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Leeuwen
authors.forename: Annemiek A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: van der Eijk
authors.forename: Pieter L A
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Fraaij
authors.forename: Johanna C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Escher
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Albert D M E
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Osterhaus
mesh_terms: 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