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Atypical norovirus epidemic in Hong Kong during summer of 2006 caused by a new genogroup II/4 variant.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2007

Ho Eric C M, Cheng Peter K C, Lau Angela W L, Wong Ann H, Lim Wilina W L

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An atypically high level of norovirus activity was noticed in Hong Kong beginning in early May 2006. A study was carried out to investigate whether this was caused by a new norovirus variant. Epidemiological data including monthly positivity rates and the numbers of outbreaks per month from January to July 2006 were analyzed and compared to those from 2002 to 2005. In a comparison with the epidemiological data...

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PMID: 17475764
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02489-06
PMCID: PMC1932977

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