Gastroenteritis Outbreaks Caused by Norovirus GII.17, Guangdong Province, China, 2014–2015

Authors :: Xiaohua Tan
Yanling Mo
Jing Lu
Lin Fang
Jiaqian Lao
Lili Guo
Huanying Zheng
Limei Sun
Changwen Ke
Shannon Rutherford
Feng Yang
Li Hui
Hualiang Lin
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 7, Pp 1240-1242 (2015), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015.
Abstract: In the past decade, the most prevalent norovirus genotype causing viral gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide, including China, has been GII.4. In winter 2014–15, norovirus outbreaks in Guangdong, China, increased. Sequence analysis indicated that 82% of the outbreaks were caused by a norovirus GII.17 variant.

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