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Transition of genotypes associated with norovirus gastroenteritis outbreaks in a limited area of Japan, Hiroshima Prefecture, during eight epidemic seasons.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2010
Fukuda Shinji, Takao Shinichi, Shigemoto Naoki, Tanizawa Yukie, Seno Masato
Abstract excerpt
The transition of genotypes implicated in 102 NoV gastroenteritis outbreaks in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, during eight epidemic seasons was investigated. Eighteen genotypes were implicated in the outbreaks, with the chronological characteristics as in GII.3, GII.4, GII.5 and GII.12. In GII.4 variants, amino acid changes and positively selected sites were of note and significantly concentrated in the...
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