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SMALL SPHERICAL VIRUSES IN FAECES FROM GASTROENTERITIS PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Kjeldsberg Elisabeth́
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-131X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1977.tb01988.x
Subject(s) - astrovirus , feces , calicivirus , parvovirus , virology , virus , antibody , norwalk virus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , rotavirus , norovirus , immunology
Faecal samples from 238 patients with gastroenteritis were examined by direct electron micro‐ scopy using grids with thin carbon film. Of these samples 18 were found to contain Norwalk agent‐like particles, calicivirus, astrovirus and parvovirus‐like particles. Immune electron micro‐ scopy was performed on a serum pair and faeces from one of the patients with astrovirus. An antibody response was demonstrated, suggesting that the virus was the etiological agent of the infection.