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Recombinant norovirus implicated in gastroenteritis outbreaks in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
Journal of medical virology - 1 May 2008
Fukuda Shinji, Sasaki Yukie, Takao Shinichi, Seno Masato
Abstract excerpt
Norovirus (NoV) is a major etiological agent of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide. A total of 314 fecal specimens collected from patients of 39 NoV gastroenteritis outbreaks in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, between December 2001 and April 2006 were tested for the occurrence of recombinant NoVs. Sixteen genotypes (GI/1, GI/2, GI/4, GI/7, GI/8, GI/11, GI/14, GII/2, GII/3, GII/4, GII/5, GII/6, GII/8, GII/12,...
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