Abstract
Human caliciviruses (HuCVs) and astroviruses are single-stranded RNA viruses that cause acute gastroenteritis in humans. HuCVs include several prototypes of small, round-structured viruses (SRSVs) as well as morphologically typical caliciviruses. Recent genetic characterization of HuCVs has divided them into three genogroups: Norwalk virus (NV), Snow Mountain agent (SMA), and Sapporo (Sapp) viruses (1–3). Astroviruses include at least seven antigenic types (4). Complete genomic sequences of astrovirus types 1 and 2 and partial sequences of other strains have been reported (5–7). In both families, differences in antigenic types appear to correspond to differences in genetic groups.
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Jiang, X., Matson, D.O. (1998). Detection of Human Caliciviruses and Astroviruses in Stools by RT-PCR. In: Stephenson, J.R., Warnes, A. (eds) Diagnostic Virology Protocols. Methods in Molecular Medicine™, vol 12. Springer, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-479-8:19
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