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SUBMITTER: Lam TT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7346602 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of general virology 20120113 Pt 4
GII.4 noroviruses are a major cause of acute gastroenteritis in humans. A new variant of GII.4, the 2008 variant, has recently increased its prevalence on a global scale. A previous study of this variant in Japan suggested that it might be of recombinant origin, with a breakpoint at the ORF1-ORF2 junction. Here, examination of the evolutionary origin of the 2008 variant based on a larger sample of worldwide GII.4 norovirus sequences revealed a more complex pattern of recombination between the 20 ...[more]