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Complex norovirus transmission dynamics at hospital wards revealed by deep sequencing.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 21 Nov 2023
Widström Julia, Andersson Maria E, Westin Johan, Wahllöf Martina, Lindh Magnus, Rydell Gustaf E
Abstract excerpt
Detailed knowledge regarding norovirus transmission within hospitals is limited. We investigated a norovirus hospital outbreak affecting 65 patients at five different wards. PCR showed that 61 (94%) of the patients were infected with genotype II.4 strains. Successful Ion Torrent deep sequencing of GII.4 positive samples from 59 patients followed by phylogenetic analysis revealed that all sequences but two...
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