Detection of the pandemic norovirus variant GII.4 Sydney 2012 in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil

Detection of the pandemic norovirus variant GII.4 Sydney 2012 in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil

Noroviruses (NoVs) are important cause of gastroenteritis in humans worldwide. Genotype GII.4 is responsible for the majority of outbreaks reported to date. This study describes, for the first time in Brazil, the circulation of NoV GII.4 variant Sydney 2012 in faecal samples collected from children...

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Main Authors: Luciana Damascena da Silva, Evandro Leite Rodrigues, Maria Silvia Sousa de Lucena, Ian Carlos Gomes de Lima, Darleise de Sousa Oliveira, Luana Silva Soares, Joana D'Arc Pereira Mascarenhas, Alexandre da Costa Linhares, Yvone Benchimol Gabbay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2013-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
norovirus
gastroenteritis
GII.4 variant
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000801068&lng=en&tlng=en

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