Identification and type distribution of astroviruses among children with gastroenteritis in Colombia and Venezuela.

ABSTRACT: Astrovirus infections were detected by enzyme immunoassay in 12 (5%) of 251 stool samples from children with gastroenteritis from Bogota, Colombia. In addition, astroviruses were detected by reverse transcription-PCR in 3 (10%) of 29 stool samples negative for other enteric pathogens collected in Caracas, Venezuela, from children with gastroenteritis. Astrovirus type 1 was the most frequently detected virus.

SUBMITTER: Medina SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC87413 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature