Key result
Novel recombinant GII.P16-GII.1 norovirus shares ~99% ORF1 nucleotide identity with related strains.
Why the study?
A novel recombinant GII.P16-GII.1 norovirus was identified during an acute gastroenteritis outbreak, requiring complete genome sequencing for characterization.
Identifies the complete genome sequence of a novel recombinant GII.P16-GII.1 norovirus from a 2017 gastroenteritis outbreak in China.
Adds novel GII.P16-GII.1 recombinant genome to surveillance databases; extends molecular epidemiology but leaves open clinical and outbreak implications.
We report here the complete genome sequence of a novel recombinant GII.P16-GII.1 norovirus identified from eight fecal samples collected during an acute gastroenteritis outbreak in Jinan, Shandong Province, China, in 2017. The virus had nucleotide identities of 99% and 91% in the ORF1 and ORF2 genes of related strains, respectively.
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Wang et al. (2018) studied this question. A novel recombinant GII.P16-GII.1 norovirus from a 2017 gastroenteritis outbreak in China showed 99% and 91% nucleotide identities in the ORF1 and ORF2 genes of related strains.
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