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A norovirus intervariant GII.4 recombinant in Victoria, Australia, June 2016: the next epidemic variant?
- Source :
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Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2016 Sep 29; Vol. 21 (39). - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- A norovirus recombinant GII.P4&#95;NewOrleans&#95;2009/GII.4&#95;Sydney&#95;2012 was first detected in Victoria, Australia, in August 2015 at low frequency, and then re-emerged in June 2016, having undergone genetic changes. Analysis of 14 years' surveillance data from Victoria suggests a typical delay of two to seven months between first detection of a new variant and occurrence of a subsequent epidemic linked to that variant. We consider that the current recombinant strain has the potential to become a pandemic variant.<br />Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: None declared.<br /> (This article is copyright of ECDC, 2016.)
- Subjects :
- Amino Acid Sequence
Australia epidemiology
Caliciviridae Infections epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Feces virology
Gastroenteritis epidemiology
Genotype
Humans
Norovirus isolation & purification
Pandemics prevention & control
Phylogeny
RNA, Viral analysis
RNA, Viral genetics
Reverse Transcription
Victoria epidemiology
Caliciviridae Infections virology
Gastroenteritis virology
Molecular Sequence Data
Norovirus classification
Norovirus genetics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1560-7917
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 39
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27719750
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.39.30353