Identification of an astrovirus commonly infecting laboratory mice in the US and Japan.

Mice (Mus musculus) are the most commonly used laboratory animals. Viral metagenomics on tissues of immunodeficient mice revealed sequences of a novel mammalian astrovirus. Using PCR, we screened mice from 4 breeders, 4 pharmaceutical companies, 14 research institutes and 30 universities in the US a...

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Main Authors: Terry Fei Fan Ng, Nikola O Kondov, Nobuhito Hayashimoto, Ritsuki Uchida, Yunhee Cha, Ashley I Beyer, Walt Wong, Patricia A Pesavento, Hiroshi Suemizu, Marcus O Muench, Eric Delwart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3692532?pdf=render