Astrovirus is a family of viral pathogens1 that can cause foodborne disease. A publication by Scallan et al.2 in 2011 estimated that 15,433 human foodborne astrovirus cases, including 0 deaths, occur annually in the US.
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne astrovirus in the US and Canada include:
Matt Koci laboratory, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Neel Krishna laboratory, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
Stacey Shultz-Cherry laboratory, UW-Madison Medical School, Madison, WI
USDA-ARS, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, Athens, GA
Jim Wellehan laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
David Wang laboratory, St. Louis, MO
Yizhi Tao laboratory, Rice University, Houston TX
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne astrovirus in Europe include:
Alber Bosch laboratory, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne astrovirus in South and Latin America include:
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne astrovirus in Asia and Australia include:
Balasubramanian Ganesh laboratory, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (NICED),Kolkata, India
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne astrovirus in Africa include:
Maureen B. Taylor laboratory, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Additional resources on astrovirus:
A number of key sources on astrovirus are available.
References
1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrovirus
2Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15 PMID:21192848