Association of GII.P16-GII.2 Recombinant Norovirus Strain with Increased Norovirus Outbreaks, Guangdong, China, 2016

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Jul;23(7):1188-1190. doi: 10.3201/eid2307.170333. Epub 2017 Jul 15.

Abstract

An unusual prevalence of recombinant GII.2 noroviruses (GII.P16-GII.2) in Guangdong, China, at the end of 2016 caused a sharp increase in outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis. This event was another non-GII.4 epidemic that emerged after the GII.17 viruses in 2014 and 2015 and warrants global surveillance.

Keywords: China; Guangdong; Norovirus GII.2 genotype; enteric infections; food safety; foodborne disease; gastrointestinal illness; norovirus; viruses.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Caliciviridae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Caliciviridae Infections / history
  • Caliciviridae Infections / virology*
  • China / epidemiology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology
  • Gastroenteritis / virology
  • Genotype
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Norovirus / classification*
  • Norovirus / genetics*
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral
  • Recombination, Genetic*

Substances

  • RNA, Viral