| [prevalence of human astrovirus serotypes in shizuoka 1991-96]. | a latex agglutination test (la) for astrovirus types 1-4 detection and typing was used on rotavirus- and adenovirus-negative stool samples from children with diarrhea between 1991 and 1996. of the 478 samples tested, 30 were identified as astrovirus-positive. most of the patients with astrovirus infections were under 2 years old. astrovirus type 1 was the most prevalent serotype; 20/30 (66.7%), followed by type 4 (16.7%), type 3 (13.3%), and type 2 (3.3%). a prevalence of astrovirus-associated d ... | 1998 | 9503778 |