Volume 14, Number 5—May 2008
Dispatch
Human Astrovirus Gastroenteritis in Children, Madagascar, 2004–2005
Dimitrios C. Papaventsis*, Winifred Dove*, Nigel A. Cunliffe*
, Osamu Nakagomi*†, Patrice Combe, Pierre Grosjean, and C. Anthony Hart*1
, Osamu Nakagomi*†, Patrice Combe, Pierre Grosjean, and C. Anthony Hart*1
Table
Detection of human astrovirus in fecal specimens from children of Antananarivo, Madagascar, 2004–2005*
| Sample no. |
ID no. (GenBank accession no.) |
Sample date |
Patient age, mo/sex |
Norovirus PCR |
Rotavirus PCR |
Astrovirus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCR 340/348 |
PCR 244/245 |
PCR 269/270 |
Sequence typing |
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| ORF1a |
ORF2 |
|||||||||
| 1 | DT1004 (EF490429) | 2004 Jun | 12/M | Neg | G2P[4] | Pos | Neg | Neg | Type 1 | – |
| 2 | DG6013 (EF490425) | 2004 Jun | 10/F | Neg | Neg | Pos | Neg | Neg | Type 3 | – |
| 3 | DR0034 (EF490427) | 2004 Nov | 10/M | Neg | Neg | Pos | Neg | Neg | Type 8 | – |
| 4 | DR0038 (EF490428, EF519312) | 2004 Nov | 5/M | Neg | G2P[4] | Pos | Pos | Neg | Type 8 | Type 2 |
| 5 | DR0075 (EF490426) | 2005 Feb | 21/M | Neg | Neg | Pos | Neg | Neg | Type 3 | – |
*ID, identification; ORF, open reading frame; Neg, negative; Pos, positive; –, not amplified.
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