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SUBMITTER: Atmar RL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC88960 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical microbiology reviews 20010101 1
Gastroenteritis is one of the most common illnesses of humans, and many different viruses have been causally associated with this disease. Of those enteric viruses that have been established as etiologic agents of gastroenteritis, only the human caliciviruses cannot be cultivated in vitro. The cloning of Norwalk virus and subsequently of other human caliciviruses has led to the development of several new diagnostic assays. Antigen detection enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) using polyclonal hyperimmune ...[more]