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Identification of a Distinct Common Strain of 'Norwalk‐like Viruses' Having a Global Distribution
- Source :
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 179:1334-1344
- Publication Year :
- 1999
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 1999.
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Abstract
- "Norwalk-like viruses" (NLVs) are the most common cause of outbreaks of nonbacterial gastroenteritis. During molecular surveillance of NLV strains from 152 outbreaks of gastroenteritis that occurred in the US between August 1993 and July 1997, we identified an NLV strain that predominated during the 1995-1996 season. The "95/96-US" strain caused 60 outbreaks in geographically distant locations within the US and was identified, by sequence comparisons, in an additional 7 countries on 5 continents during the same period. This is the first demonstration linking a single NLV strain globally and suggests that the circulation of these strains might involve patterns of transmission not previously considered. The diagnostic techniques are now available to establish a global network for surveillance of NLV strains that would highlight the importance of NLVs worldwide and allow molecular identification of common strains having a global distribution so as to consider interventions for their control.
- Subjects :
- Biology
Global Health
medicine.disease_cause
Disease Outbreaks
medicine
Global health
Immunology and Allergy
Phylogeny
Caliciviridae Infections
Molecular Epidemiology
Geography
Molecular epidemiology
Transmission (medicine)
Strain (biology)
Outbreak
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
Virology
United States
Gastroenteritis
Norwalk virus
Infectious Diseases
Population Surveillance
Norovirus
Identification (biology)
Seasons
Viral disease
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15376613 and 00221899
- Volume :
- 179
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8dc109a65596f13970e42960afb94d49