General Notes
Mouse anti Astrovirus antibody, clone 8E7 recognises a genus specific epitope within the viral capsid protein of all human astrovirus serotypes. Mouse anti Astrovirus antibody, clone 8E7 does not cross-react with rotavirus (SA11), SRSV, adenovirus type 2, 40 and 41, norwalk virus 8F11, Hawaii virus, coxsackievirus types A9 and B2, calcivirus and snow mountain virus.Astrovirus is a non-enveloped single-stranded RNA virus of the Astroviridae family, and a common causative agent of gastroenteritis in the young and adults (Oishi et al. 1994).