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Clinical relevance and genotypes of circulating noroviruses in northern Taiwan, 2006-2011.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Feb 2014
Tsai Chi-Neu, Lin Chun-Yuan, Lin Che-Wei, Shih Kuei-Chung, Chiu Cheng-Hsun, Chen Shih-Yen
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of noroviral gastroenteritis has increased dramatically in recent years, and norovirus (NoV) genogroup II.4 (GII.4) is associated with outbreaks worldwide. The NoV genotypes and their clinical relevance in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis between 2006 and 2011 in northern Taiwan were evaluated in this study. NoV sequences were amplified from 47 clinical specimens and phylogenetic...
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