title: Epidemic of genotype GII.2 noroviruses during spring 2004 in Osaka City, Japan.
abstract: Between March and May 2004, a GII.2 genotype norovirus strain caused an epidemic of acute gastroenteritis in Osaka, Japan. Phylogenetic analysis showed that this strain was distinct from all other GII.2 strains detected in Osaka City between April 1996 and March 2005.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan. seto@vet.osakafu-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iritani
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaida
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Niichiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vennema
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koopmans
authors.forename: Naokazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D029322:Norovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral