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Appendix H: Virus-Host Interactions
Pages 163-164

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... For example, noroviruses are category B biodefense pathogens and the primary etiologic agent responsible for epidemic viral gastroenteritis worldwide. Mem bers of this diverse family of viruses are the most common causes of sporadic diarrhea in community settings and a major burden on the military, restaurant services, the cruise-ship industry, university campuses, hospitals, and retire ment communities.
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... Immunol Rev. 2008 Oct;225:190-211; Human susceptibility and resistance to Norwalk virus infection (Lindesmith, Moe et al.
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Key Terms

  • mucosal surfaces
  • ancestral strains
  • epidemic gii
  • susceptible human
  • matic differences

  • primary etiologic
  • viral gastroenteritis
  • binding profiles
  • target unique
  • diverse set

  • human popu
  • viruses appear
  • university campuses
  • biodefense pathogens
  • herd immunity

  • highly diverse
  • antigenic variation
  • variants undergo
  • restaurant services
  • norovirus variants

  • common causes
  • carbohydrate expression
  • hbga expression
  • type hbgas
  • norwalk virus

  • agent responsible
  • highly polymorphic
  • escape herd
  • major burden
  • genes designated


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