Publications

first report of an astrovirus type 5 gastroenteritis outbreak in a residential elderly care home identified by sequencing.

this is the report of an outbreak of human astrovirus type 5 gastroenteritis that occurred in a residential care home for older people in june 2013 in tayside, scotland, and which involved seven staff members and thirteen residents. this type of astrovirus has not been found in scotland before and is rarely described in the literature.