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Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017
Dispatch

Persistent Infections with Diverse Co-Circulating Astroviruses in Pediatric Oncology Patients, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Valerie Cortez, Pamela Freiden, Zhengming Gu, Elisabeth Adderson, Randall Hayden, and Stacey Schultz-CherryComments to Author 
Author affiliations: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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Table

Characteristics of HAstV-positive fecal samples from pediatric oncology patients, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, 2010–2011*

Patient ID Sample ID Enteric co-infection† Genotype‡
SJ1§ 4 ND HAstV2

8
ND
HAstV1
SJ2
9
ND
VA2
SJ3
10
Norovirus
UND
SJ4
5
ND
UND
SJ5 11 ND VA2

12
ND
VA2
SJ6
14
ND
UND
SJ7
13
ND
UND
SJ8 1 ND HAstV5

2
ND
HAstV5
SJ9
6
Norovirus
HAstV1
SJ10
3
ND
HAstV1
SJ11 7 ND MLB1

*HAstV, human astrovirus; ID, identification; ND, not detected; UND, undetermined; rRT-PCR, real-time reverse transcription PCR.
†Samples positive for either norovirus or sapovirus by rRT-PCR.
‡Genotype determined by partial open reading frame 1b and 2 sequencing.
§Patient had sequential infections with different genotypes.

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