Report of recombinant norovirus GII.g/GII.12 in Beijing, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Norovirus (NoV) has been recognized as the most important cause of nonbacterial acute gastroenteritis affecting all age group people in the world. Genetic recombination is a common occurance in RNA viruses and many recombinant NoV strains have been described since it was first reported in 1997. However, the knowledge of recombinant NoV in China is extremely limited.

Methods

A total of 685 stool specimens were tested for NoV infection from the acute gastroenteritis patients who visited one general hospital in Beijing from April 2009 to November 2011. The virus recombination was identified by constructing phylogenetic trees of two genes, further SimPlot and the maximum chi-square analysis.

Results

The overall positive rate was 9.6% (66/685). GII.4 New Orleans

SUBMITTER: Sang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3914918 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature