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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5192-5194, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5192-5194.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Detection and Sequence Analysis of Danish and Swedish Strains of Mink Astrovirus

Christian Mittelholzer,1* Lena Englund,2 Kjell-Olof Hedlund,3 Hans-Henrik Dietz,4 and Lennart Svensson1,{dagger}

Department of Virology,1 Department of Molecular Epidemiology and Biotechnology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna,3 Department of Small Animals, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden,2 Department of Poultry, Fish and Fur Animals, Danish Veterinary Institute, Århus, Denmark4

Received 23 December 2002/ Returned for modification 26 May 2003/ Accepted 22 August 2003

The sequences of mink astroviruses collected from 11 farms in Denmark and Sweden were analyzed and found to be homologous with one another but different from those of other astroviruses. A species-specific reverse transcriptase-PCR for mink astrovirus was established and shown to be suitable for the analysis of clinical samples.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Department of Aquaculture, Institute of Marine Research, Storebø, Norway. Phone: 47 56 18 22 76. Fax: 47 56 18 22 22. E-mail: christian.mittelholzer{at}imr.no.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5192-5194, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5192-5194.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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