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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 181, Issue -, Pages S262-S269Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/315573
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In The Netherlands, illness due to Norwalk-like viruses (NLVs) of the family Caliciviridae is quite common. NLVs cause >80% of the outbreaks of gastroenteritis reported to municipal public health centers and at least 5% of the cases of gastroenteritis for which a general practitioner is consulted. In addition, up to 18% of community cases of gastroenteritis in the 1998/ 1999 winter season have been attributed to NLVs. Patterns of disease activity differ remarkably with normal years, when outbreaks occur that are caused by different types of NLV, and epidemic years, when outbreaks appear to be caused by a single strain. This observation suggests selection of antigenic variants with increased virulence or altered modes of transmission. In addition, since caliciviruses related to the NLVs from humans have been detected in stool specimens from calves at 45% of the dairy farms in The Netherlands, the possibility of spillover of epidemic strains from an animal reservoir to humans should be considered.
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