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Incidence of human calicivirus and rotavirus infection in patients with gastroenteritis in South Africa.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 1997
Wolfaardt M, Taylor M B, Booysen H F, Engelbrecht L, Grabow W O, Jiang X
Abstract excerpt
Human caliciviruses (HuCVs) are reportedly responsible for 2.5-4% of nonbacterial sporadic gastroenteritis. The incidence of HuCV infection in South Africa is unknown. Stool specimens from 1,296 South African patients with sporadic gastroenteritis were screened for the presence of HuCVs using electron microscopy, recombinant enzyme immunoassays for Norwalk (NV) and Mexican (MX) viruses, and the reverse...
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