Emergence of a new norovirus variant in Scotland in 2006.

ABSTRACT: For each month between January 2005 and August 2006, a representative number of outbreaks was examined using nucleic acid sequence analysis. Using this method, we showed that an increase in norovirus activity coincided with the emergence of a new GII genotype 4 variant, which by March 2006 was detected in the majority of health boards in Scotland.

SUBMITTER: Adamson WE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2168558 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature