Identification of a Novel Astrovirus (Astrovirus VA1) Associated with an Outbreak of Acute Gastroenteritis

R. Finkbeiner, Stacy; Li, Yan; Ruone, Susan; Conrardy, Christina; Gregoricus, Nicole; Toney, Denise; W. Virgin, Herbert; J. Anderson, Larry; Vinjé, Jan; Wang, David; Tong, Suxiang

doi:10.1128/jvi.00998-09

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Identification of a Novel Astrovirus (Astrovirus VA1) Associated with an Outbreak of Acute Gastroenteritis

Published in Journal of Virology • Aug 18, 2009

Authors:

Stacy R. Finkbeiner

Yan Li

Susan Ruone

Abstract

The etiology of a large proportion of gastrointestinal illness is unknown. In this study, random Sanger sequencing and pyrosequencing approaches were used to analyze fecal specimens from a gastroenteritis outbreak of unknown etiology in a child care center. Multiple sequences with limited identity t...

Subject

Astrovirus

Biology

Virology

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