Detection of Newly Described Astrovirus MLB1 in Stool Samples from Children

Finkbeiner, Stacy R.; Le, Binh-Minh; Holtz, Lori R.; Storch, Gregory A.; Wang, David

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Detection of Newly Described Astrovirus MLB1 in Stool Samples from Children

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Mar 2009
By Finkbeiner, Stacy R. ; Le, Binh-Minh ; Holtz, Lori R. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Finkbeiner, Stacy R. ; Le, Binh-Minh ; Holtz, Lori R. ; Storch, Gregory A. ; Wang, David
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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.
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Astroviridae Infections Astrovirus MLB1 Child, Preschool Children Diarrhea Dispatch Feces Female Humans Infant Male Mamastrovirus Missouri Phylogeny Prevalence Sequence Analysis, DNA Stools
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Emerg Infect Dis. 15(3):441-444.
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Journal Article
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15
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3
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:43d0705404ed9d6e502c12e9d16388522a6441b7848a1b54d5458d1fd40534be
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