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Detection of Norovirus Variant GII.4 Hong Kong in Asia and Europe, 2017-2019.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2021
Chan Martin Chi-Wai, Roy Sunando, Bonifacio Joseph, Zhang Lin-Yao, Chhabra Preeti, Chan Jenny C M, Celma Cristina, Igoy Mary Ann, Lau Sin-Leung, Mohammad Kirran N, Vinjé Jan, Vennema Harry, Breuer Judith, Koopmans Marion, de Graaf Miranda
Abstract excerpt
We report a new norovirus GII.4 variant, GII.4 Hong Kong, with low-level circulation in 4 Eurasia countries since mid-2017. Amino acid substitutions in key residues on the virus capsid associated with the emergence of pandemic noroviruses suggest that GII.4 Hong Kong has the potential to become the next pandemic variant.
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