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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2000, p. 3481-3483, Vol. 38, No. 9
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Identification and Type Distribution of Astroviruses among Children with Gastroenteritis in Colombia and Venezuela

Sandra M. Medina,1 María F. Gutierrez,1 Ferdinando Liprandi,2 and Juan E. Ludert2,*

Laboratorio de Virología, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia,1 and Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela2

Received 6 March 2000/Returned for modification 8 May 2000/Accepted 7 July 2000

Astrovirus infections were detected by enzyme immunoassay in 12 (5%) of 251 stool samples from children with gastroenteritis from Bogota, Colombia. In addition, astroviruses were detected by reverse transcription-PCR in 3 (10%) of 29 stool samples negative for other enteric pathogens collected in Caracas, Venezuela, from children with gastroenteritis. Astrovirus type 1 was the most frequently detected virus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Center for Microbiology and Cell Biology, IVIC, Apdo. 21827, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela. Phone: 58-2-5041489. Fax: 58-2-5041382. E-mail: jeludert{at}pasteur.ivic.ve.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2000, p. 3481-3483, Vol. 38, No. 9
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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