Objectives To investigate epidemiological, social, diagnostic and economic aspects of
chlamydia screening in non-genitourinary medicine settings. Methods Linked studies around a …

Small round structured viruses (SRSVs, Norwalk-like viruses, NLVs) are the most common
cause of outbreaks of gastro-enteritis in hospitals and also cause outbreaks in other settings …

An outbreak of gastroenteritis followed a meal in a large hotel during which one of the diners
vomited. The clinical features of the illness suggested Norwalk-like virus (NLV, small round …

Small round-structured viruses (SRSVs), also known as Norwalk or Norwalk-like viruses,
are the major worldwide cause of acute, epidemic nonbacterial gastroenteritis in humans. …

An outbreak of gastroenteritis affected a school attended by children aged 4–11 years.
Epidemiological features suggested this was due to Norwalk-like virus (NLV) and this was …

Focuses on studies concerning small round structured viruses (SRSVs). Diseases caused
by SRSVs; Transmission; Role of projectile vomiter as a source of infection; Areas for the …

The largest outbreak of the zoonotic disease Q fever recorded in the United Kingdom (UK)
occurred in Birmingham in 1989. One hundred and forty-seven cases were identified, 125 of …

A novel, sequence-independent strategy has been developed for the amplification of full-length
cDNA copies of the genes of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) viruses. Using human (…

Many of the small round human fecal viruses implicated in outbreaks of nonbacterial
gastroenteritis have been collected together and examined under the electron microscope. …

We adapted the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect the noncultivatable group B and
C rotaviruses and introduced a simple and convenient technique to purify viral RNA from …