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PARVOVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS—A NEW ENTITY FOR AUSTRALIA
PARVOVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS—A NEW ENTITY FOR AUSTRALIA
- Source :
- Medical Journal of Australia. 1:121-124
- Publication Year :
- 1978
- Publisher :
- AMPCo, 1978.
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Abstract
- An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis occurred in a primary school southwest of Sydney in August, 1977. Two hundred and eight pupils and nine teachers were affected over a one-month period. Electron microscopy revealed parvovirus-like particles in faecal extracts of 14 of 23 persons tested during the acute phase of illness. The virus was still present in the faeces of four individuals six weeks later. The appearance of specific antibodies was demonstrated by immune electron microscopy in five persons. No other cause for the outbreak could be found despite exhaustive investigations.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
education
Antibodies, Viral
Parvoviridae
Virus
Disease Outbreaks
Feces
Epidemiology
Humans
Medicine
Child
biology
business.industry
Parvovirus
Australia
Outbreak
General Medicine
Acute gastroenteritis
biology.organism_classification
Virology
Gastroenteritis
Microscopy, Electron
Specific antibody
Virus Diseases
Child, Preschool
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13265377 and 0025729X
- Volume :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical Journal of Australia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c8088884654098d17310ac7fac8d7eb0
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb107781.x