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Comparative Study
. 1994 May;68(5):3391-6.
doi: 10.1128/JVI.68.5.3391-3396.1994.

Identification of minireovirus as a Norwalk-like virus in pediatric patients with gastroenteritis

J F Lew  1 , M Petric, A Z Kapikian, X Jiang, M K Estes, K Y Green
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Comparative Study

Identification of minireovirus as a Norwalk-like virus in pediatric patients with gastroenteritis

J F Lew et al. J Virol. 1994 May.

Abstract

In 1977, 30- to 32-nm virus-like particles, named minireovirus because of their unique morphologic appearance, were detected by electron microscopy in the stools of infants and young children with gastroenteritis. Sequence analysis of approximately 2,800 consecutive bases derived from overlapping PCR clones of a recent minireovirus clinical isolate showed 52% nucleotide sequence identity with the Norwalk virus sequence and, in addition, demonstrated that the genomic organizations of these two viruses were similar. Our data show that minireovirus is a Norwalk-like virus and should now also be included in the Caliciviridae family.

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