High level excretion of Norwalk-like virus following resolution of clinical illness

Authors
Marshall, JA Salamone, S Yuen, L Catton, MG Wright, PJ
Citation
Ja. Marshall et al., High level excretion of Norwalk-like virus following resolution of clinical illness, PATHOLOGY, 33(1), 2001, pp. 50-52
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
PATHOLOGY
ISSN journal
00313025 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
50 - 52
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-3025(200102)33:1<50:HLEONV>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We report the case of an elderly woman excreting high levels (about 5x10(5) virions per gram of faeces) of Norwalk-like virus (NLV) in the absence of any clinical symptoms of gastroenteritis. Analysis by reverse transcription , polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing was carried out on a 342-nuc leotide region of open reading frame 1. This indicated that the NLV belonge d to genogroup 2 and was more closely related to the Camberwell subgroup, t he most common circulating in southeast Australia at present, than to the N orwalk and Mexico viruses.