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Preferred term

Norwalk virus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Norwalk Agent

Note

  • infection: coord IM with CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM) + probably GASTROENTERITIS (IM)

Scope note

  • The type species in the genus NOROVIRUS, first isolated in 1968 from the stools of school children in Norwalk, Ohio, who were suffering from GASTROENTERITIS. The virions are non-enveloped spherical particles containing a single protein. Multiple strains are named after the places where outbreaks have occurred.

History note

  • 94; was NORWALK AGENT 1982-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009663

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