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SUBMITTER: Kim JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4572438 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Jae-Seok JS Kim Hyun Soo HS Hyun Jungwon J Kim Han-Sung HS Song Wonkeun W
BioMed research international 20150902
Norovirus is a major cause of acute gastroenteritis. The molecular epidemiology of norovirus exhibits temporal and geographical fluctuations, and new variants of the GII.4 genotype emerge every 2-3 years to cause global epidemics of acute gastroenteritis. We investigated GI and GII genotypes of human norovirus strains isolated from patients with acute gastroenteritis in Korea in 2013. Norovirus antigen test was performed on 2,980 fecal specimens from January to December 2013. RNA was extracted f ...[more]