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- Title
Norovirus Outbreak Surveillance, China, 2016-2018.
- Authors
Miao Jin; Shuyu Wu; Xiangyu Kong; Huaping Xie; Jianguang Fu; Yaqing He; Weihong Feng; Na Liu; Jingxin Li; Rainey, Jeanette J.; Hall, Aron J.; Vinjé, Jan; Zhaojun Duan; Jin, Miao; Wu, Shuyu; Kong, Xiangyu; Xie, Huaping; Fu, Jianguang; He, Yaqing; Feng, Weihong
- Abstract
CaliciNet China, a network of provincial, county, and city laboratories coordinated by the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was launched in October 2016 to monitor the epidemiology and genotype distribution of norovirus outbreaks in China. During October 2016-September 2018, a total of 556 norovirus outbreaks were reported, and positive fecal samples from 470 (84.5%) outbreaks were genotyped. Most of these outbreaks were associated with person-to-person transmission (95.1%), occurred in childcare centers or schools (78.2%), and were reported during November-March of each year (63.5%). During the 2-year study period, 81.2% of all norovirus outbreaks were typed as GII.2[P16]. In China, most norovirus outbreaks are reported by childcare centers or schools; GII.2[P16] is the predominant genotype. Ongoing surveillance by CaliciNet China will provide information about the evolving norovirus genotype distribution and outbreak characteristics important for the development of effective interventions, including vaccines.
- Subjects
CHINA; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.); INTESTINAL infections; PREVENTIVE medicine; GENOTYPES; EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 3, p437
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2603.191183