Molecular Epidemiology of Astrovirus Infection in Infants in Wuhan, China

1 April 2007

journal article
research article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Vol. 45 (4) , 1308-1309
https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00010-07

Abstract

We report the molecular epidemiology of astrovirus infection in 335 infants with diarrhea in Wuhan City, China. Astrovirus RNA was detected in the stool specimens of 33 children (9.87%). Genotyping analysis indicated that 23 out of 24 astroviruses identified were classified as belonging to genotype 1, with highest identity (>98%) to a Mongolian strain.

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