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Preferred term

Mamastrovirus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • astroviruses, Human
  • Human astrovirus
  • Human astroviruses

Note

  • infection: coordinate IM with ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • A genus of small, circular RNA viruses in the family ASTROVIRIDAE. They cause GASTROENTERITIS and are found in the stools of several vertebrates including humans. Transmission is by the fecal-oral route and there are at least eight human serotypes. The type species is Human astrovirus.

History note

  • 2007 (1979)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001257

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