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Prevalence and genetic diversity of human caliciviruses (HuCVs) in Mexican children.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 2000
Farkas T, Jiang X, Guerrero M L, Zhong W, Wilton N, Berke T, Matson D O, Pickering L K, Ruiz-Palacios G
Abstract excerpt
Human caliciviruses (HuCVs) contain two genera: "Norwalk-like viruses" (NLVs) and "Sapporo-like viruses" (SLVs). The importance of the two genera as a cause of acute gastroenteritis of infants and children remains unknown. Beginning in 1989, a birth cohort of children in Mexico was enrolled and monitored for acute gastroenteritis. A subset of 115 diarrhea stool specimens from 76 children and 66 non-diarrhea stool...
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