Calicivirus

                                                                           Calicivirus 

 

 

 

Albert Z. Kapikian identified a virus in stool samples from an outbreak in: Norwalk

This virus was named the Norwalk virus, now classified under the genus Norovirus.

• Detection was done using immune electron microscopy
• This was the first human calicivirus discovered

 Norwalk Virus: First Human Calicivirus 

 

 

 

 Calicivirus can give a star-like appearance.

  

VIRUS LOOKING LIKE A STAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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