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Infectivity of GI and GII noroviruses established from oyster related outbreaks.
Epidemics - 1 Jun 2013
Thebault Anne, Teunis Peter F M, Le Pendu Jacques, Le Guyader Françoise S, Denis Jean-Baptiste
Abstract excerpt
Noroviruses (NoVs) are the major cause of acute epidemic gastroenteritis in industrialized countries. Outbreak strains are predominantly genogroup II (GII) NoV, but genogroup I (GI) strains are regularly found in oyster related outbreaks. The prototype Norwalk virus (GI), has been shown to have high infectivity in a human challenge study. Whether other NoVs are equally infectious via natural exposure remains to...
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