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Detection of the pandemic norovirus variant GII.4 Sydney 2012 in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Dec 2013
Silva Luciana Damascena da, Rodrigues Evandro Leite, Lucena Maria Silvia Sousa da, Lima Ian Carlos Gomes de, Oliveira Darleise de Sousa, Soares Luana Silva, Mascarenhas Joana D'Arc Pereira, Linhares Alexandre da Costa, Gabbay Yvone Benchimol
Abstract excerpt
Noroviruses (NoVs) are important cause of gastroenteritis in humans worldwide. Genotype GII.4 is responsible for the majority of outbreaks reported to date. This study describes, for the first time in Brazil, the circulation of NoV GII.4 variant Sydney 2012 in faecal samples collected from children aged less than or equal to eight years in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil, during July-September 2012.
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