id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-004774-fvf671jn Kjeldsberg, Elisabeth Detection of astroviruses in gut contents of nude and normal mice 1985 .txt text/plain 1607 116 60 Gut contents of nude and normal mice were examined by electron microscopy in association with an outbreak of diarrhea in a colony of nude mice. Gut contents of nude and normal mice were examined by electron microscopy in association with an outbreak of diarrhea in a colony of nude mice. Virus-like particles with a morphology consistent with previous descriptions of astroviruses of other species were demonstrated in a high percentage of the animals. Virus-like particles with a morphology consistent with previous descriptions of astroviruses of other species were demonstrated in a high percentage of the animals. In this note we report the detection of astrovirus-like partieles in gut contents from nude mice, with and without clinical signs of illness, and from normal symptomless mice in association with an outbreak of diarrhea. The morphology of the virus-like particles detected in gut contents of nude and normal mice corresponds to the previous description of astroviruses. ./cache/cord-004774-fvf671jn.txt ./txt/cord-004774-fvf671jn.txt