- Norwalk gastroenteritis virus
- Nor·walk gastroenteritis, virus (norґwawk) [Norwalk, Ohio, location of the outbreak from which the virus was isolated] see under gastroenteritis and virus.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Norwalk gastroenteritis virus
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