title: Characterization of norovirus infections in Seoul, Korea.
abstract: The present study has determined the detection rate of norovirus (NoV) with acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in hospitalized children and describes the molecular epidemiology of NoV circulating in Seoul, Korea. Six hundred and eighty-three (9.8%) of samples were positive for NoV. Of these, the NoV GII genogroup was the most commonly found, with a prevalence of 96.2% (683 of 710). Only 27 samples were positive for the NoV GI genogroup. Ten kinds of GI genotype (GI/1, GI/2, GI/3, GI/4, GI/5, GI/6, GI/7, GI/9, GI/12, and GI/13) and eight kinds of GII genotype (GII/2, GII/3, GII/4, GII/8, GII/14, GII/15, GII/16, and GII/17) were identified in children with AGE during the years 2008-2011.
authors: Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Microbiology Team, 202-3 Yangjae-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Korea. sanghun93@seoul.go.kr
authors: Sanghun
authors: S
authors: Park
authors: Jihun
authors: J
authors: Jung
authors: Seah
authors: S
authors: Oh
authors: Hyowon
authors: H
authors: Jung
authors: Younghee
authors: Y
authors: Oh
authors: Seokju
authors: S
authors: Cho
authors: Seogju
authors: S
authors: Cho
authors: Sungja
authors: S
authors: Cho
authors: Hyongsug
authors: H
authors: Park
authors: Namsook
authors: N
authors: Jo
authors: Kyungwon
authors: K
authors: Bae
authors: Sungmin
authors: S
authors: Choi
authors: Bogsoon
authors: B
authors: Kim
authors: Junghun
authors: J
authors: Kim
authors: Youngzoo
authors: Y
authors: Chae
authors: Haesook
authors: H
authors: Jung
authors: Doosung
authors: D
authors: Cheon
authors: Hyunsoo
authors: H
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D029322:Norovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012367:RNA, Viral; D056910:Republic of Korea; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral