title: Detection of the pandemic norovirus variant GII.4 Sydney 2012 in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil.
abstract: Noroviruses (NoVs) are important cause of gastroenteritis in humans worldwide. Genotype GII.4 is responsible for the majority of outbreaks reported to date. This study describes, for the first time in Brazil, the circulation of NoV GII.4 variant Sydney 2012 in faecal samples collected from children aged less than or equal to eight years in Rio Branco, state of Acre, northern Brazil, during July-September 2012.
authors.forename: Luciana Damascena da
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Evandro Leite
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Maria Silvia Sousa da
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lucena
authors.forename: Ian Carlos Gomes de
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Darleise de Sousa
authors.initials: Dde S
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Luana Silva
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Joana D'Arc Pereira
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mascarenhas
authors.forename: Alexandre da Costa
authors.initials: Ada C
authors.lastname: Linhares
authors.forename: Yvone Benchimol
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Gabbay
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D029322:Norovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D058873:Pandemics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral