Detection of the pandemic norovirus variant GII.4 Sydney
2012 in Rio Branco,state of Acre,northern Brazil |
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| 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 |
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| Institution: | Seção de Virologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ananindeua, PA, Brasil |
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| Abstract: | 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 aged less than or equal to
eight years in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil, during July-September
2012. |
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| Keywords: | norovirus gastroenteritis GII 4 variant |
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