Summaries by Inventor Finkbeiner, Stacy

Novel human astrovirus sequences for diagnostics and vaccine development for encephalitis and gastroenteritis
Finkbeiner, Stacy ; Virgin, Herbert ; Wang, David ; Zhao, Guoyan
T-009294

— Technology Description A team of researchers at Washington University and the Centers for Disease Control discovered, sequenced and patented a novel human astrovirus that can cause encephalitis and gastroenteritis (non-etiologic diarrhea), offering a path to detection and diagnostics. The virus (…