Acute Gastroenteritis Associated with Norovirus GII.8[P8], Thailand, 2023

Abstract

Acute gastroenteritis associated with human norovirus infection was reported in Phuket, Thailand, in June 2023. We amplified GII.8[P8] from the outbreak stool specimens. Retrospective sample analysis identified infrequent GII.8[P8] in the country beginning in 2018. In all, the 10 whole-genome GII.8[P8] sequences from Thailand we examined had no evidence of genotypic recombination.

Keywords

• norovirus
• gastroenteritis
• viruses
• food safety
• GII.8
• Thailand