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Correspondence

Detection of novel astroviruses MLB1 and MLB2 in the sera of febrile Tanzanian children

Samuel CordeyLaboratory of Virology, Infectious Diseases ServiceUniversity Hospitals of Geneva1211GenevaSwitzerland;University of Geneva Medical School1211GenevaSwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mary-Anne HartleyDepartment of Ambulatory Care and Community MedicineUniversity of Lausanne1011LausanneSwitzerland
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Kristina KeitelSwiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteUniversity of Basel4002BaselSwitzerland
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Florian LaubscherLaboratory of Virology, Infectious Diseases ServiceUniversity Hospitals of Geneva1211GenevaSwitzerland;University of Geneva Medical School1211GenevaSwitzerland
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Francisco BritoSwiss Institute of Bioinformatics1211GenevaSwitzerland
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Thomas JunierGlobal Health Institute, School of Life SciencesEcole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne1015LausanneSwitzerland;Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics1015LausanneSwitzerland
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Frank KagoroIfakara Health InstituteDar es SalaamUnited Republic of TanzaniaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-7167
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Josephine SamakaIfakara Health InstituteDar es SalaamUnited Republic of Tanzania;Amana HospitalDar es SalaamUnited Republic of Tanzania
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John MasimbaIfakara Health InstituteDar es SalaamUnited Republic of Tanzania
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Zamzam SaidIfakara Health InstituteDar es SalaamUnited Republic of Tanzania
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Hosiana TembaIfakara Health InstituteDar es SalaamUnited Republic of Tanzania
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Tarsis MlaganileIfakara Health InstituteDar es SalaamUnited Republic of Tanzania
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Mylène DocquieriGE3 Genomics PlatformUniversity of Geneva1211GenevaSwitzerland
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Jacques FellayGlobal Health Institute, School of Life SciencesEcole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne1015LausanneSwitzerland;Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics1015LausanneSwitzerland;Precision Medicine UnitLausanne University Hospital1011LausanneSwitzerland
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Laurent KaiserLaboratory of Virology, Infectious Diseases ServiceUniversity Hospitals of Geneva1211GenevaSwitzerland;University of Geneva Medical School1211GenevaSwitzerland
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Valérie D’AcremontDepartment of Ambulatory Care and Community MedicineUniversity of Lausanne1011LausanneSwitzerland;Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteUniversity of Basel4002BaselSwitzerland
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Pages 1-3 | Received 09 Oct 2017, Accepted 04 Jan 2018, Published online: 14 Mar 2018

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