| detection and characterisation of human astroviruses in children with acute gastroenteritis in blantyre, malawi. | in a 2-year hospital-based study of paediatric gastroenteritis in blantyre, malawi, astroviruses were detected by enzyme immunoassay in 15 (1.9%) of 786 inpatients and in 9 (2.3%) of 400 outpatients. greater disease severity was noted in children coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). six human astrovirus (hastv) genotypes were identified, including hastv-1 (25%), hastv-2 (21%), hastv-3 (25%), hastv-4 (13%), hastv-5 (4%), and hastv-8 (13%). although astroviruses are not major causes ... | 2002 | 12116005 |