title: Persistent Infections with Diverse Co-Circulating Astroviruses in Pediatric Oncology Patients, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
abstract: Human astroviruses are a major cause of pediatric gastroenteritis, especially in immunocompromised children. We conducted a retrospective study to demonstrate that diverse astrovirus genotypes can co-circulate in pediatric oncology patients. A subset of cases is associated with long-term virus shedding (range 17-183 days).
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cortez
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Freiden
authors.forename: Zhengming
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adderson
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hayden
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schultz-Cherry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D019350:Astroviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D001257:Mamastrovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology; D017201:Virus Shedding
keywords: HAstV; Tennessee; United States; astrovirus; cancer; children; co-circulation; enteric infections; gastroenteritis; genotype; human astroviruses; immunocompromised host; oncology; pediatric; prevalence; virus shedding; viruses