Identification of a novel picornavirus related to cosaviruses in a child with acute diarrhea

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Diarrhea, the third leading infectious cause of death worldwide, causes approximately 2 million deaths a year. Approximately 40% of these cases are of unknown etiology. We previously developed a metagenomic strategy for identification of novel viruses from diarrh...

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Main Authors: Kirkwood Carl D, Finkbeiner Stacy R, Holtz Lori R, Wang David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:Virology Journal
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/5/1/159