Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2008)

Human Astrovirus Gastroenteritis in Children, Madagascar, 2004–2005

  • Dimitrios C. Papaventsis,
  • Winifred Dove,
  • Nigel A. Cunliffe,
  • Osamu Nakagomi,
  • Patrice Combe,
  • Pierre Grosjean,
  • C. Anthony Hart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1405.070563
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 5
pp. 844 – 846

Abstract

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We report data regarding the molecular epidemiology of human astrovirus (HAstV) infections among children in Madagascar. In a 13-month study, 5 HAstV isolates were detected in fecal samples from 237 children (2.1%) by reverse transcription–PCR. Phylogenetic analysis showed the cocirculation of usual and unusual HAstVs.

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