Changing distribution of norovirus genotypes and genetic analysis of recombinant GIIb among infants and children with diarrhea in Japan

• Main Authors: Tung Gia Phan, Toshimasa Kuroiwa, Kunio Kaneshi, Yuichi Ueda, Shigekazu Nakaya, Shuichi Nishimura, Atsuko Yamamoto, Kumiko Sugita, Tadashi Nishimura, Fumihiro Yagyu, Shoko Okitsu, Werner E.G. Müller, Niwat Maneekarn, Hiroshi Ushijima
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=33744964905&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/61718
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

A total of 402 fecal specimens collected during July 2003-June 2004 from infants and children with acute gastroenteritis, encompassing five localities (Maizuru, Tokyo, Sapporo, Saga, and Osaka) of Japan, were tested for the presence of norovirus by RT-PCR. It was found that 58 (14.4%) fecal specimen...