Persistent Infections with Diverse Co-Circulating Astroviruses in Pediatric Oncology Patients, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Persistent Infections with Diverse Co-Circulating Astroviruses in Pediatric Oncology Patients, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Human astroviruses are a major cause of pediatric gastroenteritis, especially in immunocompromised children. We conducted a retrospective study to demonstrate that diverse astrovirus genotypes can co-circulate in pediatric oncology patients. A subset of cases is associated with long-term virus shedd...

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Main Authors: Valerie Cortez, Pamela Freiden, Zhengming Gu, Elisabeth Adderson, Randall Hayden, Stacey Schultz-Cherry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
astrovirus
human astroviruses
immunocompromised host
virus shedding
gastroenteritis
genotype
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/2/16-1436_article

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