Association of GII.P16-GII.2 Recombinant Norovirus Strain with Increased Norovirus Outbreaks, Guangdong, China, 2016

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• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Personal Author:
  Lu, Jing ; Fang, Ling ; Sun, Limei ; Zeng, Hanri ; Li, Yanling ; Zheng, Huanying ; Wu, Siwei ; Yang, Feng ; Song, Tie ; Lin, Jinyan ; Ke, Changwen ; Zhang, Yonghui ; Vinjé, Jan ; Li, Hui
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• Description:
  An unusual prevalence of recombinant GII.2 noroviruses (GII.P16-GII.2) in Guangdong, China, at the end of 2016 caused a sharp increase in outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis. This event was another non-GII.4 epidemic that emerged after the GII.17 viruses in 2014 and 2015 and warrants global surveillance.
• Subjects:
  • Caliciviridae Infections / Epidemiology
  • Caliciviridae Infections / History
  • Caliciviridae Infections / Virology
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Genotype
  • History, 21St Century
  • Humans
  • Norovirus / Classification
  • Norovirus / Genetics
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• Series:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Pubmed ID:
  28430561
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5512473
• Document Type:
  Text ; Journal Article
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  7
• Citation:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(7):1188-1190.
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46779/cdc_46779_DS1.pdf
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• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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