Publications
| identification of new subtype of astrovirus type 3 from an infant with diarrhea in wuhan, china. | human astrovirus is one of the important causes for viral gastroenteritis in young children. in previous study where we examined the molecular epidemiology of human astrovirus (hastv) infection in infants in wuhan city, we isolated and identified a new subtype (wh1859) of hastv genotype 3 from an infant with diarrhea. the sequence analysis of this strain showed that the complete region of orf2 of wh1859 contains 2385-bp of nucleotides that encode 795 amino acids. because wh1859 strain has the id ... | 2008 | 18308361 |
| Genetic characterization of Human astrovirus infection in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, 2007-2008. | Human astrovirus (HAstV) was an important cause of viral gastroenteritis in infants in Wuhan city based on our previous study. The aim of the study was to investigate the nature of HAstV infection in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, especially in adults. Stool specimens were collected from 361 children and 301 adults with diarrhea from July 2007 to June 2008 and were tested for HAstV RNA by RT-PCR. The 348-bp PCR product of positive samples was further sequenced and analyzed for multiple seque ... | 2011 | 22004120 |