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...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2009-03, Vol.15 (3), p.441-444
Main Authors: Finkbeiner, Stacy R, Le, Binh Minh, Holtz, Lori R, Storch, Gregory A, Wang, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Astroviridae Infections - epidemiology
Astroviridae Infections - virology
astrovirus MLB1
Child, Preschool
children
diarrhea
Diarrhea - epidemiology
Diarrhea - virology
dispatch
Feces - virology
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Mamastrovirus - classification
Mamastrovirus - genetics
Mamastrovirus - isolation & purification
Missouri - epidemiology
Phylogeny
Prevalence
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Analysis, DNA
stools
United States
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1503.081213