Detection of Newly Described Astrovirus MLB1 in Stool Samples from Children

作者：Finkbeiner Stacy R; Le Binh Minh; Holtz Lori R; Storch Gregory A; Wang David^*

来源：Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009, 15(3): 441-444.

DOI：10.3201/eid1503.081213

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.

• 出版日期2009-3