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Recombinant norovirus GII.g/GII.12 gastroenteritis in children.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2012
Giammanco Giovanni M, Rotolo Valentina, Medici Maria C, Tummolo Fabio, Bonura Floriana, Chezzi Carlo, Martella Vito, De Grazia Simona
Abstract excerpt
Recombinant GII.g/GII.12 norovirus (NoV) strains emerged in 2008 in Australia and subsequently have been associated with gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide. In the winter season 2009-2010 GII.12 strains caused 16% of the NoV outbreaks in the United States. During 2009-2010 we also identified GII.g/GII.12 strains during surveillance of sporadic cases of gastroenteritis in Italian children. Severity scores were...
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