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- Title
Higher Viral Load of Emerging Norovirus GII.P16-GII.2 than Pandemic GII.4 and Epidemic GII.17, Hong Kong, China.
- Authors
Cheung, Sarah K. C.; Kwok, Kirsty; Lin-Yao Zhang; Mohammad, Kirran N.; Lui, Grace C. Y.; Lee, Nelson; Nelson, E. Anthony S.; Lai, Raymond W. M.; Ting F. Leung; Chan, Paul K. S.; Chi-Wai Chan, Martin; Zhang, Lin-Yao; Leung, Ting F; Chan, Martin Chi-Wai
- Abstract
We compared viral load of emerging recombinant norovirus GII.P16-GII.2 with those for pandemic GII.Pe-GII.4 and epidemic GII.P17-GII.17 genotypes among inpatients in Hong Kong. Viral load of GII.P16-GII.2 was higher than those for other genotypes in different age groups. GII.P16-GII.2 is as replication competent as the pandemic genotype, explaining its high transmissibility and widespread circulation.
- Subjects
NOROVIRUSES; VIRAL load; GENOTYPES; CALICIVIRUSES; ALLELES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 1, p119
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2501.180395