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An outbreak of multiple norovirus strains on a cruise ship in China, 2014.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Jan 2016
Wang X, Yong W, Shi L, Qiao M, He M, Zhang H, Guo B, Xie G, Zhang M, Jin M, Ding J
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To determine the cause of an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis that occurred on a cruise ship sailing along the Yangzi River from Chongqing to Nanjing, China. METHODS AND RESULTS: Noroviruses were identified by reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) in rectal swabs from 34 of 54 subjects tested (63·0%). Sequencing and genotyping showed that noroviruses of up to seven different genotypes circulated in this...
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