Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3397227 | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
By screening faecal samples collected over four consecutive years (2002-2005) from hospitalized children with diarrhoea in Palermo, Italy, astroviruses (HAstVs) were detected in 3.95% of the patients. The predominant type circulating was HAstV-1 but, in 2002, only HAstV-2 and -4 were identified. Interestingly, the HAstVs-2 detected appeared to be consistently different in 5′ end of their open reading frame 2 from the previously described subtypes. These novel type 2 strains were included in a new 2c lineage based on the phylogenetic analysis and the presence of nine peculiar substitutions.
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Authors
S. De Grazia, M.A. Platia, V. Rotolo, C. Colomba, V. Martella, G.M. Giammanco,