Novel recombinant GII.P16_GII.13 and GII.P16_GII.3 norovirus strains in Italy

Medici, M.
Tummolo, F.
Martella, V.
Giammanco, G.
DE GRAZIA, S.
Arcangeletti, M.
De Conto, F.
Chezzi, C.
Calderaro, A.

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Publication date

January 2014

DOI

10.1016/j.virusres.2014.04.005

Publisher

Elsevier BV

ISSN

0168-1702

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Abstract

Novel norovirus strains are continuously emerging worldwide. Molecular investigation and phylogenetic analysis identified GII.P16 recombinant noroviruses from the stools of four Italian children with gastroenteritis. The capsid gene was characterized as either GII.13 or GII.3. The GII.P16_GII.13 Italian strains were closely related to German strains involved in a large outbreak in the second half of 2012 and the Italian strains are the first recorded occurrence of GII.P16_GII.13 in Europe