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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Historical Perspective
Originally, norovirus was named after Norwalk, Ohio, where an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis occurred among children at an elementary school in November 1968. In 1972, immune electron microscopy on stored stool samples identified a virus, which was given the name Norwalk virus. Numerous outbreaks with similar symptoms have been reported since. The cloning and sequencing of the Norwalk virus genome showed that these viruses have a genomic organization consistent with viruses belonging to the family Caliciviridae.[1] The name norovirus (Norovirus for the genus) was approved by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses in 2002. [2]
Common names of the illness caused by noroviruses are winter vomiting disease, viral gastroenteritis and acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis[3], also colloquially known as "stomach flu" (a broad name which can also refer to gastric inflammation caused by other viruses and bacteria).
Some previously used names which can be used for PubMed and other internet searches are Norwalk virus, Norwalk-like virus, SRSVs (Small Round Structured Viruses), Sapporo virus and Snow Mountain.[4]
References
- ↑ Kapikian AZ (1996). "Overview of viral gastroenteritis". Arch. Virol. Suppl. 12: 7–19. PMID 9015097.
- ↑ ICTVdB Management (2006). 00.012.0.03. Norovirus. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA
- ↑ Goodgame R (2006). "Norovirus gastroenteritis". Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 8 (5): 401–8. doi:10.1007/s11894-006-0026-4. PMID 16968608.
- ↑ Appleton H (1987). "Small round viruses: classification and role in food-borne infections". Ciba Found. Symp. 128: 108–25. PMID 3036438.