Emergence of a New Norovirus Variant in Scotland in 2006
- 1 December 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 45 (12) , 4058-4060
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01853-07
Abstract
For each month between January 2005 and August 2006, a representative number of outbreaks was examined using nucleic acid sequence analysis. Using this method, we showed that an increase in norovirus activity coincided with the emergence of a new GII genotype 4 variant, which by March 2006 was detected in the majority of health boards in Scotland.Keywords
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