Emergence of Novel Human Norovirus GII.17 Strains Correlates With Changes in Blockade Antibody Epitopes

Lisa C. Lindesmith, Jacob Kocher, Eric Donaldson, Kari Debbink, Michael L. Mallory, Excel W. Swann, Paul D. Brewer-Jensen, Ralph S. Baric

The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2017 · 51 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

The capsid sequence changes in GII.17 strains result in loss of blockade antibody binding, indicating that viral evolution, specifically at residues 393-396, may have contributed to the emergence of cluster IIIb strains and the persistence of GII.17 in human populations.

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