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Case Reports
. 2011 Nov;17(11):2050-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1711.110496.

Astrovirus MLB2 viremia in febrile child

Lori R Holtz  1 , Kristine M Wylie, Erica Sodergren, Yanfang Jiang, Carl J Franz, George M Weinstock, Gregory A Storch, David Wang
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Case Reports

Astrovirus MLB2 viremia in febrile child

Lori R Holtz et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

Astroviruses cause diarrhea, but it is not known whether they circulate in human plasma. Astrovirus MLB2 was recently discovered in diarrhea samples from children. We detected MLB2 in the plasma of a febrile child, which suggests that MLB2 has broader tropism than expected and disease potential beyond the gastrointestinal tract.

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Map of 10 plasma-derived astrovirus MLB2 strain contigs generated by high-throughput sequencing (Genome Analyzer IIX; Illumina Inc., San Diego, CA, USA). ORF, open reading frame.
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