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Genetic characterization of emergent GII.17 norovirus variants from 2013 to 2015 in Nanjing, China.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Nov 2016
Wang Xuan, Du Xuefei, Yong Wei, Qiao Mengkai, He Min, Shi Limin, Guo Baofu, Hong Lei, Jiang Yun, Xie Guoxiang, Ding Jie
Abstract excerpt
During the 2014/15 winter season, a newly emergent GII.P17-GII.17 variant overwhelmed currently dominant GII.4 viruses, causing outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis in China and Japan. In Nanjing area, this novel GII.17 variant was first identified in a sporadic case of acute gastroenteritis in July 2013, 18 months ahead of reports from other parts of China. In this study, epidemiological features and genotyping of...
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