| astrovirus associated acute gastroenteritis in western india: predominance of dual serotype strains. | a five-year (2004-2008) study was conducted on patients with acute gastroenteritis from different cities of maharashtra, western india to detect and characterize astrovirus infections. a total of 1340 fecal specimens were collected from sporadic cases that included 1240 children (<or=8 years) and 100 adults (18-70 years) from pune, aurangabad and nagpur cities. all specimens were subjected to astrovirus specific rt-pcr followed by sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. the overall positivity to a ... | 2010 | 20117249 |