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SUBMITTER: Mendez-Toss M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC321733 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20040101 1
The prevalence and type diversity of human astroviruses (HAstV) in children with symptomatic and asymptomatic infections were determined in five localities of Mexico. HAstV were detected in 4.6 (24 of 522) and 2.6% (11 of 428) of children with and without diarrhea, respectively. Genotyping of the detected strains showed that at least seven (types 1 to 4 and 6 to 8) of the eight known HAstV types circulated in Mexico between October 1994 and March 1995. HAstV types 1 and 3 were the most prevalent ...[more]