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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Positive-Strand RNA Viruses > Caliciviridae > Sapovirus

Preferred term

Sapovirus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Sapporo like Viruses
  • Sapporo-like Viruses

Note

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

Scope note

  • A genus of the family CALICIVIRIDAE associated with worldwide sporadic outbreaks of GASTROENTERITIS in humans. The first recorded outbreak was in human infants in Sapporo, Japan in 1977. The genus is comprised of a single species, Sapporo virus, containing multiple strains.

History note

  • 2004 (2002)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D029341

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