First report of human astrovirus MLB2 in Brazil detected in feces of children with acute gastroenteritis living in the state of Roraima, Northern Brazil

dc.creatorOlivares, Alberto Ignacio Olivares
dc.creatorMoraes, Marcia Terezinha Baroni de
dc.creatorQueiroz, Herika Caroline Fernandes de
dc.creatorPimenta, Yan Cardoso
dc.creatorLeite, José Paulo Gagliardi
dc.date2021-02-21T13:22:35Z
dc.date2021-02-21T13:22:35Z
dc.date2020
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T22:41:29Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T22:41:29Z
dc.identifierOLIVARES, Alberto Ignacio Olivares et al. First report of human astrovirus MLB2 in Brazil detected in feces of children with acute gastroenteritis living in the state of Roraima, Northern Brazil. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, v. 24, n. 6, p. 575-579, Nov. 2020.
dc.identifier1413-8670
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/46120
dc.identifier10.1016/j.bjid.2020.10.003
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8881989
dc.descriptiontHuman astrovirus (HAstV) 1–8 and highly divergent HAstVMLB1−3 genotypes have beendetected in children both with and without acute gastroenteritis (AGE). One hundred andseventy fecal samples from children (≤5 years old) living in the Amazon region were eval-uated for the presence of HAstV1–8, HAstV MLB1−3 and HAstVVA1−3, using an usualRT-PCR protocol and a new protocol with specific primers designed to detect HAstVMLB1−3.HAstVMLB1 and HAstV MLB2, as well as the HAstV3 and 5 genotypes were detected.HAstVMLB1−2 genotype was detected for the first time in Brazil at a frequency of 3.5%(6/170).
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSociedade Brasileira de Infectologia
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectAstrovírus humano
dc.subjectGastroenterite aguda
dc.subjectGenótipos
dc.subjectAmazon
dc.subjectHuman astrovirus
dc.subjectAcute gastroenteritis
dc.subjectGenotypes
dc.subjectAmazon
dc.titleFirst report of human astrovirus MLB2 in Brazil detected in feces of children with acute gastroenteritis living in the state of Roraima, Northern Brazil
dc.typeArticle


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