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Astrovirus Research: Essential Ideas, Everyday Impacts, Future Directions
Stacey . Ed(S): Schultz-Cherry
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Description for Astrovirus Research: Essential Ideas, Everyday Impacts, Future Directions
hardcover. This book offers state-of-the-art information on astroviruses for professionals and researchers from many different fields, including public health and food safety experts, poultry specialists, microbiologists, virologists, pediatricians, and veterinarians. Editor(s): Schultz-Cherry, Stacey. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCJ; MJCM; MMFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 467.
Astroviruses were first identified in the feces of children in 1975. Since then, they have been found in ~ 3 to 20% of children with diarrhea. Given that serological studies have demonstrated that up to 90% of children have been exposed to at least one strain of astrovirus by age 9, the prevalence of infection may be much higher. Supporting this are studies demonstrating that astroviruses can also be isolated in a subset of asymptomatic individuals, suggesting that a proportion of infected individuals shed the virus asymptomatically or for some time after the resolution of other symptoms of infection. Asymptomatic ... Read more
Astroviruses were first identified in the feces of children in 1975. Since then, they have been found in ~ 3 to 20% of children with diarrhea. Given that serological studies have demonstrated that up to 90% of children have been exposed to at least one strain of astrovirus by age 9, the prevalence of infection may be much higher. Supporting this are studies demonstrating that astroviruses can also be isolated in a subset of asymptomatic individuals, suggesting that a proportion of infected individuals shed the virus asymptomatically or for some time after the resolution of other symptoms of infection. Asymptomatic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461447344
SKU
V9781461447344
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