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C I Gallimore1, J Green, D P Casemore
1Enteric and Respiratory Virus Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, U.K.
Abstract:
A picobirnavirus with an atypical genome profile was detected by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) in 37% (20/54) of human faecal samples also containing oocysts of Cryptosporidium typical of C. parvum. This virus shares many of the characteristics of the previously described picobirnaviruses, but has a significantly smaller genome (1.75 and 1.55 Kbp).
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