Norovirus GII.P16/GII.2–Associated Gastroenteritis, China, 2016

Yuanyun Ao, Jinjin Wang, Hua Ling, Yaqing He, Xiaogeng Dong, Xuan Wang, Jingyao Peng, Hailong Zhang, Miao Jin

Emerging infectious diseases · 2017 · 113 citations · 9 references

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During October-December 2016, the number of norovirus outbreaks in China increased sharply from the same period during the previous 4 years. We identified a recombinant norovirus strain, GII.P16-GII.2, as the cause of 44 (79%) of the 56 outbreaks, signaling that this strain could replace the predominant GII.4 viruses.

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