Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis associated with a re-emerging GII.P16-GII.2 norovirus in the spring of 2017 in Jiangsu, China.

A total of 64 acute gastroenteritis outbreaks with 2,953 patients starting in December of 2016 and occurring mostly in the late spring of 2017 were reported in Jiangsu, China. A recombinant GII.P16-GII.2 norovirus variant was associated with 47 outbreaks (73.4%) for the gastroenteritis epidemic, pre...

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Main Authors: Jian-Guang Fu, Chao Shi, Cheng Xu, Qin Lin, Jun Zhang, Qian-Hua Yi, Chang-Jun Bao, Xiang Huo, Ye-Fei Zhu, Jing Ai, Zheng Xing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5746213?pdf=render