Molecular epidemiology of norovirus infections in children with acute gastroenteritis in South Korea in November 2005 through November 2006.
Norovirus infections were detected in 114 of 762 children with acute gastroenteritis in South Korea from November 2005 to November 2006. Seasonality peaks in December, March, and October were also assessed in this study. We identified seven noroviral genotypes (GI-6, GII-2, GII-3, GII-4, GII-5, GII-6, and GII-8) and a C1-120 strain showing low identity (79.3%) with GII-13 and GII-17.
Yoon
Jong-Sub
JS
Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 137-701, Republic of Korea.
Lee
Sung-Geun
SG
Hong
Seong-Karp
SK
Lee
Su-A
SA
Jheong
Weon-Hwa
WH
Oh
Sang-Suk
SS
Oh
Mi-Hwa
MH
Ko
Gwang-Pyo
GP
Lee
Chan-Hee
CH
Paik
Soon-Young
SY
D000208:Acute Disease; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D029322:Norovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D012621:Seasons; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA