Genetic Characterization of Rare Genotype GII.5 Sapovirus Strain Detected from a Suspected Food-Borne Gastroenteritis Outbreak among Adults in Japan in 2010

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2017 Mar 24;70(2):223-224. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2016.468. Epub 2016 Dec 22.

Authors

Tomoichiro Oka¹, Yen Hai Doan, Kei Haga, Kohji Mori, Tomoko Ogawa, Akimi Yamazaki

Affiliation

¹ Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.

PMID: 28003604
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2016.468

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Caliciviridae Infections / epidemiology*
Caliciviridae Infections / virology
Capsid Proteins / genetics
Cluster Analysis
Disease Outbreaks*
Foodborne Diseases / epidemiology*
Foodborne Diseases / virology
Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
Gastroenteritis / virology
Genotype*
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Molecular Epidemiology
Phylogeny
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sapovirus / classification*
Sapovirus / genetics
Sapovirus / isolation & purification*
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology
Young Adult

Substances

Capsid Proteins