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- Title
Molecular detection and genetic diversity of norovirus in hospitalized young adults with acute gastroenteritis in Bahia, Brazil.
- Authors
Campos, Gubio Soares; Moreau, Vitor Hugo; Bandeira, Antonio; Barberino, Goreth; Almeida, Paulo Fernando; Amador, David Moraga; de Lima, Margareth Oliveira; Sardi, Silvia Ines
- Abstract
The molecular epidemiology of a recent norovirus (NoV) outbreak in Brazil performed by comparative analysis with Genebank NoV sequences showed that the GII.4 strain was responsible for 72.5% of all NoV-positive cases (58/80). Other detected NoV strains included GII.3 (7/80; 8.8%) and GII.9 (8/80; 10%). This is the first outbreak reported in Bahia state, Brazil, during June–July of 2006, where NoV was identified as the principal etiologic agent in hospitalized young adults with acute gastroenteritis symptoms. These findings suggest that GII.4 is a predominant circulating genotype in NoV outbreaks in Brazil.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; GASTROINTESTINAL diseases; YOUNG adults; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC polymorphisms; MOLECULAR epidemiology
- Publication
Archives of Virology, 2008, Vol 153, Issue 6, p1125
- ISSN
0304-8608
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00705-008-0078-x