"Norwalk virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
MeSH Number(s)
B04.820.095.550.500
B04.909.777.162.550.500
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Norwalk virus".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Norwalk virus".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Norwalk virus" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Norwalk virus" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Norwalk virus" by people in Profiles.
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Patient and tumor characteristics may raise clinicians' awareness of familial colorectal cancer: a Norwegian population-based study. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2011 Oct; 46(10):1236-42.
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Serological responses to experimental Norwalk virus infection measured using a quantitative duplex time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2011 Jul; 18(7):1187-90.
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Transmission of acute infectious nonbacterial gastroenteritis to volunteers by oral administration of stool filtrates. 1971. J Infect Dis. 2004 Jun 01; 189(11):2142-7, discussion 2139-41.
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Norwalk virus gastroenteritis among Israeli soldiers: lack of evidence for flyborne transmission. Infection. 2002 Jan; 30(1):3-6.
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Immunoglobulin M antibody test to detect genogroup II Norwalk-like virus infection. J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Sep; 37(9):2983-6.
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Detection of Norwalk virus and other genogroup 1 human caliciviruses by a monoclonal antibody, recombinant-antigen-based immunoglobulin M capture enzyme immunoassay. J Clin Microbiol. 1998 Apr; 36(4):1064-9.
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Monoclonal antibodies for detection of Norwalk virus antigen in stools. J Clin Microbiol. 1995 Sep; 33(9):2511-3.
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Etiology of acute diarrhea among United States military personnel deployed to South America and west Africa. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1993 Feb; 48(2):243-8.
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Detection of Norwalk virus in stool specimens by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and nonradioactive oligoprobes. J Clin Microbiol. 1992 Dec; 30(12):3151-7.
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Viral gastroenteritis. N Engl J Med. 1991 Jul 25; 325(4):252-64.