Detection of the pandemic norovirus variant GII.4 Sydney 2012 in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil

AUTOR(ES)

Silva, Luciana Damascena da, Rodrigues, Evandro Leite, Lucena, Maria Silvia Sousa de, Lima, Ian Carlos Gomes de, Oliveira, Darleise de Sousa, Soares, Luana Silva, Mascarenhas, Joana D'Arc Pereira, Linhares, Alexandre da Costa, Gabbay, Yvone Benchimol

FONTE

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

11/10/2013

RESUMO

Noroviruses (NoVs) are important cause of gastroenteritis in humans worldwide. Genotype GII.4 is responsible for the majority of outbreaks reported to date. This study describes, for the first time in Brazil, the circulation of NoV GII.4 variant Sydney 2012 in faecal samples collected from children aged less than or equal to eight years in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil, during July-September 2012.

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