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Genetic Analysis of Norovirus Strains that Caused Gastroenteritis Outbreaks Among River Rafters in the Grand Canyon, Arizona.
Food and environmental virology - 1 Jun 2017
Kitajima Masaaki, Iker Brandon C, Magill-Collins Anne, Gaither Marlene, Stoehr James D, Gerba Charles P
Abstract excerpt
Toilet solid waste samples collected from five outbreaks among rafters in the Grand Canyon were subjected to sequencing analysis of norovirus partial capsid gene. The results revealed that a GI.3 strain was associated with one outbreak, whereas the other outbreaks were caused by GII.5 whose sequences shared >98.9% homology.
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