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. 1986 Feb;61(2):142–147. doi: 10.1136/adc.61.2.142

Norwalk like viruses: study of an outbreak.

Q W Spender, D Lewis, E H Price
PMCID: PMC1777592  PMID: 3006605

Abstract

An outbreak of acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis is reported, during which a ward had to be closed, and stool samples from 15 patients showed a virus structurally similar to the Norwalk agent.

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