Human astroviruses are a major cause of pediatric gastroenteritis, especially in immunocompromised children. We conducted a retrospective study to demonstrate that diverse astrovirus genotypes can co-circulate in pediatric oncology patients. A subset of cases is associated with long-term virus shedding (range 17-183 days).
Keywords: HAstV; Tennessee; United States; astrovirus; cancer; children; co-circulation; enteric infections; gastroenteritis; genotype; human astroviruses; immunocompromised host; oncology; pediatric; prevalence; virus shedding; viruses.