Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Astroviridae Infections / epidemiology
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Astroviridae Infections / virology*
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Child, Preschool
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Diarrhea* / epidemiology
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Diarrhea* / virology
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Feces / virology*
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Mamastrovirus / classification*
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Mamastrovirus / genetics
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Mamastrovirus / isolation & purification*
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Missouri / epidemiology
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Phylogeny
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Prevalence
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Sequence Analysis, DNA