Study on occurrence of human calicivirus (Mexico strain) as cause of sporadic cases and outbreaks of calicivirus-associated diarrhoea in the United Kingdom, 1983-1995

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-277

  Cubitt, W D ^a   Jiang, X ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

EIA; Hawaii virus; Human calicivirus; Mexico virus; Norwalk virus; Small round structured virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CALICIVIRIDAE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAPSID; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEXICO;

EID: 0029964368     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199603)48:3<273::AID-JMV10>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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