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Epidemic viral gastroenteritis in Queensland coincides with the emergence of a new norovirus variant.
Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report - 1 Jan 2005
Lyon Michael J, Wei Gang, Smith Greg A
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Norovirus infections cause widespread morbidity and have significant economic impact on the community. An increase in outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis in hospitals, nursing homes and in the community was observed in Queensland in 2004. Molecular analysis of positive samples indicated the emergence of a single strain of norovirus. A 252 nucleotide sequence from the polymerase region (POL) was compared to...
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