Partial Genome Sequences of Human Norovirus Strains from Northeast Brazil

Klarissa Miranda Guarines; Renata Pêssoa Germano Mendes; Jurandy Júnior Ferraz de Magalhães; Lindomar Pena

doi:10.1128/MRA.01135-19

Partial Genome Sequences of Human Norovirus Strains from Northeast Brazil

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jan 2;9(1):e01135-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01135-19.

Authors

Klarissa Miranda Guarines¹, Renata Pêssoa Germano Mendes¹, Jurandy Júnior Ferraz de Magalhães^{1

2}, Lindomar Pena³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute (IAM), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
² Pernambuco State Central Laboratory (LACEN/PE), Department of Virology, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
³ Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Institute (IAM), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil lindomar.pena@cpqam.fiocruz.br.

Abstract

Noroviruses are the leading cause of human gastroenteritis worldwide. Here, we sequenced the open reading frame 1 (ORF1)-ORF2 junction region of norovirus strains isolated from 20 human stool samples. Samples were collected between 2014 and 2017 in Pernambuco State, Brazil. Phylogenetic analyses identified four norovirus GII genotypes circulating in this area of the country.