Astrovirus biology and pathogenesis

V Cortez, VA Meliopoulos, EA Karlsson… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Astroviruses are nonenveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses that cause
gastrointestinal illness. Although a leading cause of pediatric diarrhea, human astroviruses …

Epidemiology of classic and novel human astrovirus: gastroenteritis and beyond

DL Vu, A Bosch, RM Pintó, S Guix - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
Since they were identified in 1975, human astroviruses have been considered one of the
most important agents of viral acute gastroenteritis in children. However, highly divergent …

African swine fever virus

JM Sánchez‐Vizcaíno, A Laddomada… - Diseases of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
African swine fever is a large, icosahedral, linear double‐stranded DNA virus and the only
member of the family Asfarviridae, genus Asfivirus. African swine fever virus (ASFV) is …

Presence of atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) genomes in newborn piglets correlates with congenital tremor

A Postel, F Hansmann, C Baechlein, N Fischer… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Pestiviruses are highly variable RNA viruses belonging to the continuously growing family
Flaviviridae. A genetically very distinct pestivirus was recently discovered in the USA …

Novel human astroviruses: Novel human diseases?

DL Vu, S Cordey, F Brito, L Kaiser - Journal of Clinical Virology, 2016 - Elsevier
Astroviruses are small, non-enveloped, single-stranded positive RNA viruses that belong to
the Astroviridae family. While classical human astroviruses (HAstV) are a well-recognized …

[HTML][HTML] Outbreaks of neuroinvasive astrovirus associated with encephalomyelitis, weakness, and paralysis among weaned pigs, Hungary

Á Boros, M Albert, P Pankovics, H Bíró… - Emerging infectious …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A large, highly prolific swine farm in Hungary had a 2-year history of neurologic disease
among newly weaned (25-to 35-day-old) pigs, with clinical signs of posterior paraplegia and …

Nonsuppurative (aseptic) meningoencephalomyelitis associated with neurovirulent astrovirus infections in humans and animals

G Reuter, P Pankovics, Á Boros - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Astroviruses are thought to be enteric pathogens. Since 2010, a certain group of
astroviruses has increasingly been recognized, using up-to-date random amplification and …

Propagation of astrovirus VA1, a neurotropic human astrovirus, in cell culture

AB Janowski, IK Bauer, LR Holtz, D Wang - Journal of virology, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Astrovirus VA1/HMO-C (VA1; mamastrovirus 9) is a recently discovered
astrovirus genotype that is divergent from the classic human astroviruses (mamastrovirus 1) …

Detection and genetic characterization of porcine astroviruses in piglets with and without diarrhea in Thailand

K Kumthip, P Khamrin, W Saikruang, A Kongkaew… - Archives of …, 2018 - Springer
Porcine astrovirus (PAstV) is widely distributed and highly prevalent among pigs,
nevertheless its clinical significance remains unclear as it can be detected in both diarrheic …

Beyond the gastrointestinal tract: the emerging and diverse tissue tropisms of astroviruses

AB Janowski - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Astroviruses are single stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses that have been historically
associated with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract of vertebrates, including humans …