Reply to Kirby et al

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¹ Departments of Medicine Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
² Departments of Medicine.

Comment

Robert L Atmar et al. J Infect Dis. 2015.

. 2015 Jan 1;211(1):167.

doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu382. Epub 2014 Jul 10.

¹ Departments of Medicine Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
² Departments of Medicine.

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Determination of the 50% human infectious dose for Norwalk virus.
Atmar RL, Opekun AR, Gilger MA, Estes MK, Crawford SE, Neill FH, Ramani S, Hill H, Ferreira J, Graham DY. Atmar RL, et al. J Infect Dis. 2014 Apr 1;209(7):1016-22. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit620. Epub 2013 Nov 18. J Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 24253285 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Two human challenge studies confirm high infectivity of Norwalk virus.
Kirby AE, Teunis PF, Moe CL. Kirby AE, et al. J Infect Dis. 2015 Jan 1;211(1):166-7. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu385. Epub 2014 Aug 13. J Infect Dis. 2015. PMID: 25121553 No abstract available.

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