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

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Luciana Damascena Da Silva¹  Evandro Leite Rodrigues¹  Maria Silvia Sousa De Lucena¹  Ian Carlos Gomes De Lima¹  Darleise De Sousa Oliveira¹  Luana Silva Soares¹  Joana D'arc Pereira Mascarenhas¹  Alexandre Da Costa Linhares¹  Yvone Benchimol Gabbay¹ 

关键词: norovirus;    gastroenteritis;    GII.4 variant;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0074-0276130293

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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