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Molecular characterization of new emerging GII.17 norovirus strains from South China.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2016
Xue Liang, Wu Qingping, Cai Weicheng, Zhang Jumei, Guo Weipeng
Abstract excerpt
Noroviruses are still the primary cause of non-bacterial acute gastroenteritis worldwide. Recently, a novel GII.17 norovirus variant emerged and caused an infection peak in the cold season of 2014/2015 in some Asian countries, including China. In this study, in order to understand the evolutionary advantage of the novel variant, complete genomic sequences of GII.17 NoV strains from South China were...
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