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Genomic diversity of "Norwalk like viruses" (NLVs): pediatric infections in a Brazilian shantytown.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 1999
Parks C G, Moe C L, Rhodes D, Lima A, Barrett L, Tseng F, Baric R, Talal A, Guerrant R
Abstract excerpt
"Norwalk-like viruses" (NLVs) are a common cause of epidemic gastroenteritis in adults and children in developed countries. However, little is known about the role of NLVs in endemic pediatric gastroenteritis in developing countries. We sequenced Genogroup I and II NLV reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) products from an 81-nucleotide region of the viral RNA polymerase gene to examine the...
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