Evidence of Emergence of New GGII.4 Norovirus Variants from Gastroenteritis Outbreak Survey in France during the 2007-to-2008 and 2008-to-2009 Winter Seasons

Analysis of 316 outbreaks of gastroenteritis in France from September 2007 through March 2009 showed that genogroup II.4 (GGII.4) noroviruses were predominant and mostly belonged to the 2006b variant. However, the new GGII.4 variants, variant 2008 and the newly discovered Cairo variant from the Midd...

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Published inJournal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 994 - 998
Main Authors Belliot, Gaël, Kamel, A.H, Estienney, M, Ambert-Balay, K, Pothier, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Society for Microbiology 01.03.2010
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Subjects
Caliciviridae Infections
Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology
Caliciviridae Infections - virology
Cluster Analysis
Disease Outbreaks
France
France - epidemiology
Gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis - epidemiology
Gastroenteritis - virology
Genotype
Humans
Life Sciences
Microbiology and Parasitology
Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Norovirus
Norovirus - classification
Norovirus - genetics
Norovirus - isolation & purification
Phylogeny
RNA, Viral
RNA, Viral - genetics
Seasons
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Virology
France
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Summary:Analysis of 316 outbreaks of gastroenteritis in France from September 2007 through March 2009 showed that genogroup II.4 (GGII.4) noroviruses were predominant and mostly belonged to the 2006b variant. However, the new GGII.4 variants, variant 2008 and the newly discovered Cairo variant from the Middle East, were also detected. The epidemiological survey suggests that these new variants might become the next predominant strains.
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PMCID: PMC2832442
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/jcm.01888-09