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Human astroviruses are an important cause of gastroenteritis. As part of a molecular epidemio-logical study carried out in Mexico a human astro-virus isolate, Yuc-8, was adapted to grow in CaCo-2 cells, and its entire genome was sequenced. A 15 amino acid deletion in ORF1a, which has been associated with adaptation of astroviruses to grow in cells other than CaCo-2, was present in Yuc-8. Comparative sequence analysis of the Yuc-8 ORF2 with reported human astrovirus sequences revealed that this isolate belongs to genotype (serotype) 8. Two distinct domains in ORF2 were observed: an amino-terminal domain (residues 1 to 415), with identities higher than 81 % among the strains analysed, and a carboxy-terminal domai