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Preferred term

Norwalk virus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Norwalk Agent
  • txid11983

In other languages

  • French

  • Agent de Norwalk
  • Norwalk virus
  • txid11983
  • Virus Norwalk

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-T5W27CFL-B

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