Prevalence of serum antibodies to Norwalk virus among Norwegian military recruits

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 233-240

  Myrmel, Mette ^a   Rimstad, Espen ^a   Estes, Mary ^b   Skjerve, Eystein ^a   Wasteson, Yngvild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti rNV antibodies; Norwalk virus; rNV ELISA; Seroprevalence; SRSV

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NORWAY; SOLDIER;

NORWALK VIRUS; SMALL ROUND STRUCTURED VIRUS;

EID: 0029934970     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1605(95)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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