Higher Viral Load of Emerging Norovirus GII.P16-GII.2 than Pandemic GII.4 and Epidemic GII.17, Hong Kong, China.

Autor: Cheung SKC, Kwok K, Zhang LY, Mohammad KN, Lui GCY, Lee N, Nelson EAS, Lai RWM, Leung TF, Chan PKS, Chan MC
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2019 Jan; Vol. 25 (1), pp. 119-122.
DOI: 10.3201/eid2501.180395
Abstrakt: We compared viral load of emerging recombinant norovirus GII.P16-GII.2 with those for pandemic GII.Pe-GII.4 and epidemic GII.P17-GII.17 genotypes among inpatients in Hong Kong. Viral load of GII.P16-GII.2 was higher than those for other genotypes in different age groups. GII.P16-GII.2 is as replication competent as the pandemic genotype, explaining its high transmissibility and widespread circulation.
Databáze: MEDLINE