Evidence for recombination between pandemic GII.4 norovirus strains New Orleans 2009 and Sydney 2012.

ABSTRACT: During 2012, a novel pandemic GII.4 norovirus variant, Sydney 2012, emerged worldwide. A signature of the variant was a GII.Pe ORF1, in association with GII.4 Apeldoorn 2008-like ORF2-ORF3 genes. We report the detection of recombinant GII.4 Sydney 2012 strains, possessing the ORF1 gene of the former pandemic variant New Orleans 2009.

SUBMITTER: Martella V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3889781 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature