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Norovirus

Medical Definition: A genus in the family CALICIVIRIDAE, associated with epidemic GASTROENTERITIS in humans. The type species, NORWALK VIRUS, contains multiple strains.
Guide Notes: infection: coord IM with CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS + probably GASTROENTERITIS (IM)
Also Called: Small Round-Structured Viruses
Norovirus Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Norwalk virus - The type species in the genus NOROVIRUS, first isolated in 1968 from the stools of school children in Norwalk, Ohio, who were suffering from GASTROENTERITIS. The virions are non-enveloped spherical particles containing a single protein. Multiple strains are named after the places where outbreaks have occurred.

Norovirus Medical Definitions and Terms

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