Molecular identification of emergent GII.P17-GII.17 norovirus genotype, Romania, 2015

Euro Surveill. 2016;21(7):pii=30141. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.7.30141.

Abstract

The novel GII.P17-GII.17 norovirus genotype has been reported as cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks in China and Japan since the winter season 2014/15, replacing the pandemic strain GII.4 Sydney 2012. These emergent strains have also been sporadically reported on other continents than Asia. GII.P17-GII.17 isolates, similar to Kawasaki308 2015, were identified in three patients during a large outbreak of acute gastroenteritis affecting 328 people in Romania, in neighbouring localities, in 2015.

Keywords: Caliciviridae; GII.P17-GII.17; emergent genotype; molecular typing; norovirus; viral gastroenteritis.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Caliciviridae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Caliciviridae Infections / virology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / genetics
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / virology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Feces / virology
  • Female
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology
  • Gastroenteritis / virology*
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Norovirus / classification
  • Norovirus / genetics*
  • Norovirus / isolation & purification
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Romania / epidemiology
  • Rural Population
  • Sex Distribution
  • Urban Population
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • RNA, Viral