title: Emergence of a new norovirus variant in Scotland in 2006.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Adamson
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Gunson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maclean
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Carman
mesh_terms: 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