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Steep rise in norovirus cases and emergence of a new recombinant strain GII.P16-GII.2, Germany, winter 2016.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 26 Jan 2017
Niendorf S, Jacobsen S, Faber M, Eis-Hübinger A M, Hofmann J, Zimmermann O, Höhne M, Bock C T
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Since early November 2016, the number of laboratory-confirmed norovirus infections reported in Germany has been increasing steeply. Here, we report the detection and genetic characterisation of an emerging norovirus recombinant, GII.P16-GII.2. This strain was frequently identified as the cause of sporadic cases as well as outbreaks in nine federal states of Germany. Our findings suggest that the emergence of...
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