Article
Genetic drift of norovirus genotype GII-4 in seven consecutive epidemic seasons in Hungary.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jun 2008
Reuter Gábor, Pankovics Péter, Szucs György
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Noroviruses are common pathogens in human gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide. They belong to a genetically diverse group of RNA viruses with multiple genogroups (G) and genotypes. Genotype GII-4 norovirus (Lordsdale) is the predominant agent in epidemics. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the genetic variation in GII-4 strains isolated during seven epidemic seasons in Hungary from November 2000 to June...
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