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. 2021 Apr 22;13(5):732. doi: 10.3390/v13050732

Table 1.

Descriptions of the published cases of neuroinvasive disease in humans caused by astroviruses.

Astrovirus Genotype Patient Age Sex Location Past Medical History Positive Assay(s) Astrovirus Positive Specimens Outcome Year of Publication Reference
VA1 8 mos Female UK Hematopoietic stem cell transplant NGS/PCR Brain Death 2016 [91]
VA1 18 mos Male UK Hematopoietic stem cell transplant NGS/PCR/IHC Brain, CSF, stool, serum Death 2015 [88]
VA1 14 yrs Male France X-linked agammaglobulinemia NGS/PCR Brain Recovery 2015 [90]
VA1 15 yrs Male USA X-linked agammaglobulinemia NGS/PCR/IHC Brain Death 2010 [84]
VA1 42 yrs Male UK Hematopoietic stem cell transplant NGS/PCR/ISH Brain/CSF Death 2015 [89]
MLB1 4 yrs Male Japan Hematopoietic stem cell transplant NGS/PCR CSF, serum, stool, urine, oropharyngeal swab Recovery 2016 [92]
MLB2 21 yrs Female Switzerland Previously healthy NGS/PCR CSF, stool, urine, plasma Recovery 2016 [83]
MLB2 29 yrs Female USA Previously healthy NGS CSF Recovery 2019 [93]
MLB2 37 yrs Male Switzerland Hematopoietic stem cell transplant PCR CSF, stool, plasma Death 2016 [83]
Human astrovirus serotype 1 16 mos Female Germany Previously healthy PCR CSF Recovery 2019 [94]
Human astrovirus serotype 4 3 mos Male Switzerland Hematopoietic stem cell transplant PCR Brain, plasma, skin, heart, lung, spleen, bone marrow, kidney, stool, small intestine Death 2011 [19]