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Attenuation hotspots in neurotropic human astroviruses [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2023 During the last decade, the detection of neurotropic astroviruses has increased dramatically. The MLB genogroup of astroviruses represents a genetically distinct group of zoonotic astroviruses associated with gastroenteritis and severe neurological ...
Valeria Lulla +2 more
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Diversity of Astroviruses Circulating in Humans, Bats, and Wild Birds in Egypt
Viruses, 2020 Astroviruses belong to Astroviridae family which includes two main genera: Mamastroviruses that infect mammals, and Avastroviruses that infect avian hosts. Bats and wild birds are considered among the natural reservoirs for astroviruses.
Ghazi Kayali +2 more
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Bat Astroviruses: Towards Understanding the Transmission Dynamics of a Neglected Virus Family [PDF]
Viruses, 2017 Bats belong to the order Chiroptera that represents the second largest order of mammals with more than 1200 species and an almost global distribution.
Anne Balkema-Buschmann +1 more
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Beyond the Gastrointestinal Tract: The Emerging and Diverse Tissue Tropisms of Astroviruses [PDF]
Viruses, 2021 Astroviruses are single stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses that have been historically associated with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract of vertebrates, including humans.
Andrew B Janowski
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Serotype Diversity of Astroviruses in Rawalpindi, Pakistan during 2009–2010 [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Astroviruses are globally known enteropathogens causing gastroenteritis and diarrhea, with eight well defined serotypes. Epidemiological studies have recognized serotype-1 as the most common subtype but no such data is available in Pakistan.
Muhammad Masroor Alam +2 more
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Prevalence of Astroviruses in Different Animal Species in Poland
VirusesAstroviruses (AstVs) are small RNA viruses characterized by a high mutation rate, the ability to recombine, and interspecies transmission, which allows them to infect a multitude of hosts including humans, companion animals, and farmed animals as well as
Jerzy Rola +2 more
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Complex Recombination Landscape and Lineage Turnover in Classical Human Astroviruses [PDF]
MicroorganismsHuman astroviruses are small, non-enveloped RNA viruses belonging to the family Astroviridae. Among the four species known to infect humans, the species Mamastrovirus hominis (the classical human astroviruses, formerly MAstV1) is associated with ...
Yulia Aleshina +2 more
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Viruses, 2021 Background: Astroviruses (AstVs) are common pathogens of a wide range of animal hosts, including mammals and avians, causing gastrointestinal diseases, mainly gastroenteritis and diarrhea.
Jerzy Rola +2 more
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First Report on Detection and Molecular Characterization of Astroviruses in Mongooses
VirusesApplying a pan-astrovirus (AstV) RT-hemi-nested PCR assay, we report here high detection rates (28.3%, 15/53) of AstVs in the small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) on the Caribbean Island of St. Kitts.
Souvik Ghosh +2 more
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Novel murine model of human astrovirus infection reveals cardiovascular tropism [PDF]
Journal of VirologyAstroviruses are a common cause of gastrointestinal disease in humans and have been linked to fatal cases of encephalitis. A major barrier to the study of human-infecting astroviruses is the lack of an in vivo model as previous attempts failed to ...
Macee C. Owen +9 more
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