Silva Luciana Damascena da, Rodrigues Evandro Leite, Lucena Maria Silvia Sousa da, Lima Ian Carlos Gomes de, Oliveira Darleise de Sousa, Soares Luana Silva, Mascarenhas Joana D'Arc Pereira, Linhares Alexandre da Costa, Gabbay Yvone Benchimol
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2013 Dec;108(8):1068-70. doi: 10.1590/0074-0276130293.
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.
诺如病毒(NoVs)是全球人类肠胃炎的重要病因。GII.4基因型是迄今为止报告的大多数疫情的罪魁祸首。本研究首次描述了2012年7月至9月期间,在巴西北部阿克里州里奥布兰科,从年龄小于或等于8岁的儿童粪便样本中检测到NoV GII.4变异株悉尼2012的传播情况。