Detection of novel astroviruses in urban brown rats and previously known astroviruses in humans

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2457-2462

  Chu, Daniel K W ^a   Chin, Alex W H ^a   Smith, Gavin J ^a   Chan, Kwok Hung ^a   Guan, Yi ^a   Peiris, J S Malik ^a,b   Poon, Leo L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; BAT; FECES ANALYSIS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; ANIMAL; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RAT; RODENT DISEASE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTROVIRIDAE; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RATS; RNA, VIRAL; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ASTROVIRIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

VIRUS RNA;

EID: 77956868556     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.022764-0     Document Type: Article

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