1. Evidence of Emergence of New GGII.4 Norovirus Variants from Gastroenteritis Outbreak Survey in France during the 2007-to-2008 and 2008-to-2009 Winter Seasons ▿
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Pierre Pothier, Katia Ambert-Balay, Marie Estienney, A.H. Kamel, Gaël Belliot, Laboratoire de sérologie-virologie (CHU de Dijon), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand ( CHU Dijon ), Laboratoire Interactions Muqueuses Agents Transmissibles ( LIMA ), and Université de Bourgogne ( UB )
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Microbiology (medical) ,MESH : Molecular Sequence Data ,Genotype ,MESH : Molecular Epidemiology ,Molecular Sequence Data ,MESH : Genotype ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,[ SDV.MP.VIR ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology ,Disease Outbreaks ,Virology ,medicine ,MESH : Cluster Analysis ,MESH : RNA, Viral ,Cluster Analysis ,Humans ,MESH : Disease Outbreaks ,MESH : France ,Phylogeny ,Caliciviridae Infections ,Molecular Epidemiology ,MESH : Seasons ,Molecular epidemiology ,MESH : Norovirus ,MESH : Humans ,Norovirus ,MESH : Phylogeny ,Outbreak ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,biology.organism_classification ,Caliciviridae ,Gastroenteritis ,MESH : Gastroenteritis ,Gastroenteritis outbreak ,RNA, Viral ,France ,Seasons ,MESH : Caliciviridae Infections ,MESH : Sequence Analysis, DNA - Abstract
Analysis of 316 outbreaks of gastroenteritis in France from September 2007 through March 2009 showed that genogroup II.4 (GGII.4) noroviruses were predominant and mostly belonged to the 2006b variant. However, the new GGII.4 variants, variant 2008 and the newly discovered Cairo variant from the Middle East, were also detected. The epidemiological survey suggests that these new variants might become the next predominant strains.
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- 2009