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. 1993 Apr;31(4):1022–1025. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.4.1022-1025.1993

Prevalence of antibodies to Norwalk virus in England: detection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using baculovirus-expressed Norwalk virus capsid antigen.

J J Gray 1, X Jiang 1, P Morgan-Capner 1, U Desselberger 1, M K Estes 1
PMCID: PMC263611  PMID: 8385148

Abstract

A total of 3,250 serum specimens collected in England in 1991 and 1992 were tested by an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for antibody to Norwalk virus using baculovirus-expressed capsid antigen, and 2,382 (73.3%) were positive. The prevalence of Norwalk virus antibody differed regionally. It was lowest (24.6%) in 6- to 11-month-old infants and increased to 89.7% in persons over 60 years old.

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