Astrovirus VA1 identified by next-generation sequencing in a nasopharyngeal specimen of a febrile Tanzanian child with acute respiratory disease of unknown etiology

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2016 Jul 6;5(7):e67. doi: 10.1038/emi.2016.67.

Samuel Cordey^{1

2}, Francisco Brito^{3

4}, Diem-Lan Vu^{1

2}, Lara Turin^{1

2}, Mary Kilowoko⁵, Esther Kyungu⁶, Blaise Genton^{7

8

9}, Evgeny M Zdobnov^{3

4}, Valérie D'Acremont^{7

8}, Laurent Kaiser^{1

2}

¹ Laboratory of Virology, Infectious Diseases Service, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva 1211, Switzerland.
² University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva 1211, Switzerland.
³ Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva 1211, Switzerland.
⁴ Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Geneva 1211, Switzerland.
⁵ Amana Regional Referral Hospital, Dar es Salaam PO BOX 25411, United Republic of Tanzania.
⁶ Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health, Ifakara PO BOX 39, United Republic of Tanzania.
⁷ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel 4002, Switzerland.
⁸ Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland.
⁹ Infectious Disease Service, University Hospital, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland.

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