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Characterization of emerging GII.g/GII.12 noroviruses from a gastroenteritis outbreak in the United States in 2010.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2011
Takanashi Sayaka, Wang Qiuhong, Chen Ning, Shen Quan, Jung Kwonil, Zhang Zhenwen, Yokoyama Masaru, Lindesmith Lisa C, Baric Ralph S, Saif Linda J
Abstract excerpt
Norovirus is a major cause of acute gastroenteritis in humans. A norovirus outbreak occurred in Ohio in January 2010. Stool and saliva samples were obtained from six infected individuals. The full-length genomes of two representative strains (HS206 and HS210) were characterized. They belonged to GII.12 in the capsid but GII.g in the RNA polymerase region. Interestingly, an immunocompetent 2-year-old male shed...
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