ASTROVIRUS INFECTION IN VOLUNTEERS
ASTROVIRUS INFECTION IN VOLUNTEERS
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DOI:
10.1002/jmv.1890030308
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
12.7
通讯作者:
REED, SE
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作者:
KURTZ, JB;LEE, TW;REED, SE
An extract and a filtrate prepared from feces of a child with mild gastroenteritis were shown by EM to contain numberous astrovirus particles and were given to 8 volunteers by mouth. A subject developed diarrheal illness and concurrently shed large amounts of astrovirus in feces, and another had mild constitutional symptoms with a lower level of virus shedding. Other volunteers (9) were given fecal filtrate from the volunteer with diarrhea, and astrovirus shedding subsequently occurred in 2. The syndrome accompanying virus shedding appeared distinct from that associated with the W agent. Astrovirus-inoculated subjects [13/16] subsequently developed a rise in titer of the homologous antibody in serum. Apparently, astrovirus causes a transmissible infection that is of low pathogenicity for adults. Immunofluorescence of human embryo kidney cells inoculated with astrovirus and shown by EM to contain 28 nm virus-like particles was used both to detect virus in feces and to assay astrovirus antibody.