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Steep rise in norovirus cases and emergence of a new recombinant strain GII.P16-GII.2, Germany, winter 2016
- Source :
- Eurosurveillance
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), 2017.
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Abstract
- Since early November 2016, the number of laboratory-confirmed norovirus infections reported in Germany has been increasing steeply. Here, we report the detection and genetic characterisation of an emerging norovirus recombinant, GII.P16-GII.2. This strain was frequently identified as the cause of sporadic cases as well as outbreaks in nine federal states of Germany. Our findings suggest that the emergence of GII.P16-GII.2 contributed to rising case numbers of norovirus gastroenteritis in Germany.
- Subjects :
- Diarrhea
0301 basic medicine
Genotype
Epidemiology
viruses
030106 microbiology
Biology
medicine.disease_cause
Disease Outbreaks
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
fluids and secretions
law
Germany
Virology
Genetic variation
medicine
emergence
Humans
recombinant
Child
Disease Notification
Phylogeny
Caliciviridae Infections
Strain (biology)
Norovirus
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Genetic Variation
Infant
virus diseases
Outbreak
Sequence Analysis, DNA
GII.P16-GII.2
Gastroenteritis
3. Good health
030104 developmental biology
Child, Preschool
Recombinant DNA
RNA, Viral
norovirus
recombinant strain
Seasons
medicine.symptom
Rapid Communication
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15607917
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Eurosurveillance
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bce218aa410d49efcef4d332a1ab05d3