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Identification of the novel Kawasaki 2014 GII.17 human norovirus strain in Italy, 2015
Simona De GraziaVito MartellaMaria Cristina ArcangelettiMaria Cristina MediciFabio TummoloCarlo ChezziChironna MariaGiovanni M. GiammancoAdriana CalderaroFlora De Contosubject
Settore MED/07 - Microbiologia E Microbiologia ClinicaGenotypeEpidemiologyvirusesBiologymedicine.disease_causeCommunicable Diseases EmergingMicrobiologyDisease OutbreaksEpidemiology; Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health; Virologyfluids and secretionsVirologyPandemicmedicineHumansPhylogenyCaliciviridae InfectionsMolecular EpidemiologyMolecular epidemiologyStrain (biology)NorovirusPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Healthvirus diseasesGenetic VariationDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesVirologydigestive system diseasesGastroenteritisCaliciviridae InfectionsItalyPopulation SurveillanceNorovirusFemaleSeasonsSequence Analysisdescription
Surveillance of noroviruses in Italy identified the novel GII.17 human norovirus strain, Kawasaki 2014, in February 2015. This novel strain emerged as a major cause of gastroenteritis in Asia during 2014/15, replacing the pandemic GII.4 norovirus strain Sydney 2012, but being reported only sporadically elsewhere. This novel strain is undergoing fast diversification and continuous monitoring is important to understand the evolution of noroviruses and to implement the future strategies on norovirus vaccines.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-03 |