Norovirus strains in patients with acute gastroenteritis in rural and low-income urban areas in northern Brazil

Autor: Eric Delwart, Maria da Aparecida Rodrigues Teles, Rafael Brustulin, Roozbeh Tahmasebi, Élcio Leal, Alexis Jose-Abrego, Mariana Sequetin Cunha, Flavio Augusto de Pádua Milagres, Vanessa dos Santos Morais, Xutao Deng, Antonio Charlys da Costa, Rory J Tinker, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Emerson Luiz Lima Araújo, Ramendra Pati Pandey, Adriana Luchs, Mariela Martínez Gómez
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Archives of Virology. 166:905-913
ISSN: 1432-8798
0304-8608
Popis: From 2010-2016, a total of 251 stool samples were screened for norovirus using next-generation sequencing (NGS) followed by phylogenetic analysis to investigate the genotypic diversity of noroviruses in rural and low-income urban areas in northern Brazil. Norovirus infection was detected in 19.9% (50/251) of the samples. Eight different genotypes were identified: GII.4_Sydney[P31] (64%, 32/50), GII.6[P7] (14%, 7/50), GII.17[P17] (6%, 3/50), GII.1[P33] (6%, 3/50), GII.3[P16] (4%, 2/50), GII.2[P16] (2%, 1/50), GII.2[P2] (2%, 1/50), and GII.4_New Orleans[P4] (2%, 1/50). Distinct GII.6[P7] variants were recognized, indicating the presence of different co-circulating strains. Elucidating norovirus genetic diversity will improve our understanding of their potential health burden, in particular for the GII.4_Sydney[P31] variant.
Databáze: OpenAIRE