To better quantify the impact of foodborne diseases on health in the United States, we
compiled and analyzed information from multiple surveillance systems and other sources …

Noroviruses are now recognized as the leading cause of epidemics of gastroenteritis and an
important cause of sporadic gastroenteritis among both children and adults. In the United …

The immense global burden of infectious disease outbreaks and the need to establish
prediction and prevention systems have been recognized by the World Health Organization …

Infectious diseases have influenced population genetics and the evolution of the structure of
the human genome in part by selecting for host susceptibility alleles that modify …

Norwalk virus, a noncultivatable human calicivirus, is the major cause of epidemic
gastroenteritis in humans. The first x-ray structure of a calicivirus capsid, which consists of …

Gastroenteritis, both epidemic and sporadic, is a common cause of morbidity and mortality
among persons of all ages, accounting for over 1.8 million deaths in children under 5 years …

Norwalk-like caliciviruses (Noroviruses) cause over 90% of nonbacterial epidemic
gastroenteritis worldwide, but the pathogenesis of norovirus infection is poorly understood …

1. Introduction rman, 1999), only contaminating human viruses have ever been associated
with illness in seafood consum-Two fundamental properties of viruses limit the ers. Viral …

Human noroviruses are the major cause of nonbacterial, epidemic gastroenteritis worldwide
(19, 23, 33, 46) and cause significant numbers of endemic cases, as well. One study from …

Acute gastroenteritis is one of the most common diseases in humans worldwide. Viruses are
recognized as important causes of this disease, particularly in children. Since the Norwalk …