Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2015)

Gastroenteritis Outbreaks Caused by Norovirus GII.17, Guangdong Province, China, 2014–2015

  • Jing Lu,
  • Limei Sun,
  • Lin Fang,
  • Feng Yang,
  • Yanling Mo,
  • Jiaqian Lao,
  • Huanying Zheng,
  • Xiaohua Tan,
  • Hualiang Lin,
  • Shannon Rutherford,
  • Lili Guo,
  • Changwen Ke,
  • Li Hui

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.150226
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 7
pp. 1240 – 1242

Abstract

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In the past decade, the most prevalent norovirus genotype causing viral gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide, including China, has been GII.4. In winter 2014–15, norovirus outbreaks in Guangdong, China, increased. Sequence analysis indicated that 82% of the outbreaks were caused by a norovirus GII.17 variant.

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