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Value of a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay for Norwalk-like viruses in the investigation of institutional gastroenteritis outbreaks Volume 10 Issue 11

Mark J. Ferson, Peter Yankos, Giulietta Pontivivo, Angela Wong, David Lee, Monica Isaacs, Fifin Intan, Christopher J. McIver, William D. Rawlinson

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 10(11) 158 - 160 Published: 1999

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Mark J. Ferson

Peter Yankos

Giulietta Pontivivo

Angela Wong

David Lee

Monica Isaacs

Fifin Intan

Christopher J. McIver

William D. Rawlinson

Abstract

This article reports two outbreaks of gastroenteritis which occurred in nursing homes in South Eastern Sydney during November 1998 in which an assay, developed by the South Eastern Area Laboratory Services (SEALS) Enteric and Virology Laboratories, was used to confirm the aetiological agent as Norwalk-like viruses (NLVs).