Key result
Antigenic and genetic analyses of a wild-type human astrovirus from a South African paediatric patient with diarrhoea confirmed it as type 8, representing a distinct antigenic and genotype.
Population
A wild-type human astrovirus (HAstV) isolate from a South African paediatric patient with diarrhoea
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Alerts clinicians to emerging HAstV-8 in African children; leaves open its prevalence and clinical impact pending broader surveillance.
Case Report (n=1)
This study confirms that HAstV-8 represents a distinct antigenic and genotype and is the first report of a HAstV-8 from a hospitalised paediatric patient with diarrhoea in southern Africa.
Taylor et al. (2001) conducted a case report in Diarrhoea (Human astrovirus infection) (n=1). Antigenic and genetic analysis was evaluated on Antigenic and genetic characterization. Antigenic and genetic analyses of a wild-type human astrovirus from a South African paediatric patient with diarrhoea confirmed it as type 8, representing a distinct antigenic and genotype.
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