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Caliciviruses
Disease burden. The role of caliciviruses was unrecognized and under-appreciated because diagnostics were not commonly available or used. The application of new molecular diagnosis tools has shown that human caliciviruses (HuCV) consist of two genera: Sapoviruses or Noroviruses, (previously referred to as the Norwalk family of viruses or small round structured viruses) to be the most common cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks in the United States, and they may emerge as a common cause of sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis among both children and adults. The implicated vehicles of infection are water, shellfish, and food contaminated both at their source and by food handlers. HuCV was the leading pathogen in 11% of cases of diarrhoeal epsiodes. Continue
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Background
Key documents
- Diagnosis, treatment, prevention and epidemic preparedness of typhoid fever - not available yet, anticipated publication date: May 2003
Links
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EPA Method for the Detection of Caliciviruses in Water [new window]
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Surrey University Caliciviruses information [new window]
Meetings
- Diarrhoeal Diseases Steering Committee, Montreux, Switzerland, 10-11 September 2003 (WHO Meeting)
Disease Focal Point/Contact
Dr Duncan Steele
Research on Bacterial Vaccines
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