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Novel recombinant GII.P16_GII.13 and GII.P16_GII.3 norovirus strains in Italy.
Virus research - 8 Aug 2014
Medici Maria Cristina, Tummolo Fabio, Martella Vito, Giammanco Giovanni Maurizio, De Grazia Simona, Arcangeletti Maria Cristina, De Conto Flora, Chezzi Carlo, Calderaro Adriana
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Novel norovirus strains are continuously emerging worldwide. Molecular investigation and phylogenetic analysis identified GII.P16 recombinant noroviruses from the stools of four Italian children with gastroenteritis. The capsid gene was characterized as either GII.13 or GII.3. The GII.P16_GII.13 Italian strains were closely related to German strains involved in a large outbreak in the second half of 2012 and the...
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