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Clinical and molecular analyses of norovirus-associated sporadic acute gastroenteritis: the emergence of GII.17 over GII.4, Huzhou, China, 2015.
BMC infectious diseases - 29 Nov 2016
Zhang Peng, Chen Liping, Fu Yun, Ji Lei, Wu Xiaofang, Xu Deshun, Han Jiankang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Noroviruses (NoVs) are the most common cause of non-bacterial acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in all age groups worldwide. The NoVs circulating in Huzhou over the past 7 years were predominantly GII.4 genotypes. In the winter of 2014-2015, a novel variant of NoV GII.17 emerged and became predominant. We report the epidemiological patterns and genetic characteristics of NoV after the appearance of GII.17...
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