Diversity of Astrovirus in Goats in Southwest China and Identification of Two Novel Caprine Astroviruses

ABSTRACT A total of 232 goat fecal samples (124 diarrheic and 108 nondiarrheic) collected from 12 farms in Southwest China were tested for astrovirus using RT-PCR. A total of 16.9% (21/124) of diarrheic and 20.4% (22/108) of nondiarrheic samples were astrovirus-positive, and no statistical differenc...

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Main Authors: Jiayi Wang, Chenxia Xu, Mengting Zeng, Cheng Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01218-22