Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 1-4 , 1 January 2004

Cruise ships, oysters, and edible vaccines: Revisiting the non-cultivatable Norwalk-like virus responsible for outbreaks of gastroenteritis

  • Shabin S. Nanji, MD (Pathology Resident)

      Affiliations

    • Mailing address: Shabin S. Nanji, M.D., Dept. of Pathology, Warren 219, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114. Tel.: 617-726-2967. Fax: 617-726-7474

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Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 1-4 , 1 January 2004

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