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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
Marin County virus (MCV) was isolated from a stool suspension and serially propagated in human embryonic kidney cell cultures. MCV particles in stool and cell-propagated virus stocks showed reactivity by immune electron microscopy (IEM) with rabbit antiserum to astrovirus type 5. MCV antigen was also detected in two MCV stool samples by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with an astrovirus group-specific monoclonal antibody. Acute and convalescent sera from 3 of 3 MCV-infected patients showed seroconversion to cell-propagated MCV by EIA. Immunofluorescence of MCV propagated in cell culture showed positive reactivity with an astrovirus group specific monoclonal antibody and astrovirus type 5 antiserum, with some cross-reactivity with astrovirus type 1. Similar results were obtained with the prototype strain of astrovirus type 5. However, in plaque-reduction assays, both the prototype astrovirus type 5 and MCV were neutralized by type 5 antiserum only. We conclude that MCV can be serially propagated by techniques used for previously described astroviruses and is serotypically an astrovirus type 5.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0304-8608
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
110
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
213-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunological characterization of the Marin County strain of astrovirus.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't