Detection of the pandemic norovirus variant GII.4 Sydney 2012 in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil

Autor: Luciana Damascena da Silva, Evandro Leite Rodrigues, Maria Silvia Sousa de Lucena, Ian Carlos Gomes de Lima, Darleise de Sousa Oliveira, Luana Silva Soares, Joana D'Arc Pereira Mascarenhas, Alexandre da Costa Linhares, Yvone Benchimol Gabbay
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 108, Iss 8, Pp 1068-1070 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-8060
0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130293
Popis: Noroviruses (NoVs) are important cause of gastroenteritis in humans worldwide. Genotype GII.4 is responsible for the majority of outbreaks reported to date. This study describes, for the first time in Brazil, the circulation of NoV GII.4 variant Sydney 2012 in faecal samples collected from children aged less than or equal to eight years in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil, during July-September 2012.
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