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SUBMITTER: Zhu Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9228355 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Viruses 20220602 6
Bovine astrovirus (BoAstV) is a small non-enveloped virus with a single-stranded positive-sense RNA. In 1978, BoAstV was first found in calf diarrhea fecal samples in the United Kingdom and since then it has been reported in many other countries. It has wide tissue tropism and can infect multiple organs, including the intestine, nerves and respiratory tract. Since BoAstV is prevalent in healthy as well as clinically infected bovines, and is mostly associated with co-infection with other viruses, ...[more]