MLB1 Astrovirus in Children with Gastroenteritis, Italy
Maria Cristina Medici
, Fabio Tummolo, Adriana Calderaro, Gabriella Elia, Krisztiàn Banyai, Flora De Conto, Maria Cristina Arcangeletti, Carlo Chezzi, Canio Buonavoglia, and Vito Martella
Author affiliations: Università degli Studi di Parma, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Parma, Italy (M.C. Medici, F. Tummolo, A. Calderaro, F. De Conto, M.C. Arcangeletti, C. Chezzi); Università Aldo Moro di Bari, Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Valenzano, Italy (G. Elia, C. Buonavoglia, V. Martella); Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary (K. Banyai)
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Figure. . Electron microscopy images of astrovirus-like particles in fecal samples from 2 patients in Italy: A) strain ITA/2007/PR326, from a 4-year-old child hospitalized in January 2007; and B) strain ITA/2008/PR3147, from a 14-month-old child hospitalized in November 2008. The viral particles are ≈28–30 nm in diameter. Scale bars indicate 100 nm.
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