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Epidemic of genotype GII.2 noroviruses during spring 2004 in Osaka City, Japan.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2008
Iritani Nobuhiro, Kaida Atsushi, Kubo Hideyuki, Abe Niichiro, Murakami Tsukasa, Vennema Harry, Koopmans Marion, Takeda Naokazu, Ogura Hisashi, Seto Yoshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Between March and May 2004, a GII.2 genotype norovirus strain caused an epidemic of acute gastroenteritis in Osaka, Japan. Phylogenetic analysis showed that this strain was distinct from all other GII.2 strains detected in Osaka City between April 1996 and March 2005.
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