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. 2013 Dec;108(8):1068-70.
doi: 10.1590/0074-0276130293.

Detection of the pandemic norovirus variant GII.4 Sydney 2012 in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil

Luciana Damascena da Silva, Evandro Leite Rodrigues, Maria Silvia Sousa da Lucena, Ian Carlos Gomes de Lima, Darleise de Sousa Oliveira, Luana Silva Soares, Joana D'Arc Pereira Mascarenhas, Alexandre da Costa Linhares, Yvone Benchimol Gabbay

Detection of the pandemic norovirus variant GII.4 Sydney 2012 in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil

Luciana Damascena da Silva et al. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

Noroviruses (NoVs) are important cause of gastroenteritis in humans worldwide. Genotype GII.4 is responsible for the majority of outbreaks reported to date. This study describes, for the first time in Brazil, the circulation of NoV GII.4 variant Sydney 2012 in faecal samples collected from children aged less than or equal to eight years in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil, during July-September 2012.

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