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Astroviruses and caliciviruses are two families defined initially by their characteristic morphology. Many of these viruses have been difficult to grow in culture. Molecular biology has now provided a valuable insight into the nature of these viruses, and in many respects knowledge of genome structure now outstrips that of more classical virological features. However these advances have allowed a more detailed approach to virus classification and have led to the establishment of the Astroviridae as a distinct virus family.
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Carter, M.J. (1994). Genomic organization and expression of astroviruses and caliciviruses. In: Brinton, M.A., Calisher, C.H., Rueckert, R. (eds) Positive-Strand RNA Viruses. Archives of Virology Supplementum, vol 9. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9326-6_42
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