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Epidemiology and molecular characteristics of norovirus GII.4 Sydney outbreaks in Taiwan, January 2012-December 2013.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2015
Wu Fang-Tzy, Chen Hsieh-Cheng, Yen Catherine, Wu Ching-Yi, Katayama Kazuhiko, Park YoungBin, Hall Aron J, Vinjé Jan, Huang Jason C, Wu Ho-Sheng
Abstract excerpt
In 2012, a new norovirus GII.4 variant (GII.4 Sydney) emerged and caused the majority of the acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in Australia, Asia, Europe, and North America. We examined the epidemiologic and molecular virologic characteristics of reported acute gastroenteritis outbreaks determined to be caused by norovirus in Taiwan from January 2012 to December 2013. A total of 253 (45.7%) of 552 reported acute...
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