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Volume 16, Number 1—January 2010
Letter

Detection of Newly Described Astrovirus MLB1 in Stool Samples from Children

Krisztián BányaiComments to Author , Edina Meleg, Paschalina Moschidou, and Vito Martella
Author affiliations: Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary (K. Bányai); University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary (K. Bányai E. Meleg); University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy (P. Moschidou, V. Martella)

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Neighbor-joining tree based on partial sequences of open reading frame 1a protein of human and animal astroviruses. Amino acid sequences of the Mexican M3363 strain (arrow) were obtained from Walter (4); other sequences were obtained from GenBank. Bootstrap values >90 are indicated. Scale bar is proportional to genetic distance and indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

Figure. Neighbor-joining tree based on partial sequences of open reading frame 1a protein of human and animal astroviruses. Amino acid sequences of the Mexican M3363 strain (arrow) were obtained from Walter (4); other sequences were obtained from GenBank. Bootstrap values >90 are indicated. Scale bar is proportional to genetic distance and indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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