Emergence of a novel GII.17 norovirus End of the GII.4 era?
Euro Surveill
; 20(26)2015 Jul 02.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26159308
ABSTRACT
In the winter of 2014/15 a novel GII.P17-GII.17 norovirus strain (GII.17 Kawasaki 2014) emerged, as a major cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks in China and Japan. Since their emergence these novel GII.P17-GII.17 viruses have replaced the previously dominant GII.4 genotype Sydney 2012 variant in some areas in Asia but were only detected in a limited number of cases on other continents. This perspective provides an overview of the available information on GII.17 viruses in order to gain insight in the viral and host characteristics of this norovirus genotype. We further discuss the emergence of this novel GII.P17-GII.17 norovirus in context of current knowledge on the epidemiology of noroviruses. It remains to be seen if the currently dominant norovirus strain GII.4 Sydney 2012 will be replaced in other parts of the world. Nevertheless, the public health community and surveillance systems need to be prepared in case of a potential increase of norovirus activity in the next seasons caused by this novel GII.P17-GII.17 norovirus.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Variação Genética
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Surtos de Doenças
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Infecções por Caliciviridae
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Doenças Transmissíveis Emergentes
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Norovirus
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Gastroenterite
Limite:
Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Euro Surveill
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article