Emergence of a new norovirus variant in Scotland in 2006.
For each month between January 2005 and August 2006, a representative number of outbreaks was examined using nucleic acid sequence analysis. Using this method, we showed that an increase in norovirus activity coincided with the emergence of a new GII genotype 4 variant, which by March 2006 was detected in the majority of health boards in Scotland.
Adamson
W E
WE
West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
Gunson
R N
RN
Maclean
A
A
Carman
W F
WF
D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D029322:Norovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA