Article
Norovirus recombination in ORF1/ORF2 overlap.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2005
Bull Rowena A, Hansman Grant S, Clancy Leighton E, Tanaka Mark M, Rawlinson William D, White Peter A
Abstract excerpt
Norovirus (NoV) genogroups I and II (GI and GII) are now recognized as the predominant worldwide cause of outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis in humans. Three recombinant NoV GII isolates were identified and characterized, 2 of which are unrelated to any previously published recombinant NoV. Using data from the current study, published sequences, database searches, and molecular techniques, we identified 23...
Topics
- Caliciviridae Infections
- Disease Outbreaks
- Gastroenteritis
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- New South Wales
- Norovirus
- Open Reading Frames
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Viral
- Recombination, Genetic
