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Gastroenteritis Outbreaks Caused by Norovirus GII.17, Guangdong Province, China, 2014-2015.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2015
Lu Jing, Sun Limei, Fang Lin, Yang Feng, Mo Yanling, Lao Jiaqian, Zheng Huanying, Tan Xiaohua, Lin Hualiang, Rutherford Shannon, Guo Lili, Ke Changwen, Hui Li
Abstract excerpt
In the past decade, the most prevalent norovirus genotype causing viral gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide, including China, has been GII.4. In winter 2014-15, norovirus outbreaks in Guangdong, China, increased. Sequence analysis indicated that 82% of the outbreaks were caused by a norovirus GII.17 variant.
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