Molecular characteristics of noroviruses genogroup I and genogroup II detected in patients with acute gastroenteritis.
Noroviruses are the leading cause of epidemic gastroenteritis, including foodborne outbreak, in Korea. The prevalence of human noroviruses was studied in diarrheal stool samples of patients with acute gastroenteritis by conventional duplex reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. Diarrheal stool samples were collected from 1,685 patients from the local hospitals in Seoul. The prevalence of the noroviruses was 22.8% (222/972 patients) in 2012 and 11.2% (80/713 patients) in 2013, with a total of 17.9% (302/1,685 patients). Genotyping was performed on 302 norovirus-positive stool samples to reveal 5.6% prevalence of genogroup I (GI) (17/302) and 94.4% prevalence of genogroup II (GII) (285/302). The patients with norovirus-associated acute gastroenteritis mostly showed prevalence of GII norovirus, especially GII.4 (64.6%; 195/302).
Department Microbiology, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon, Korea.
Heejin
H
Ham
Department Microbiology, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon, Korea.
Seah
S
Oh
Department Microbiology, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon, Korea.
Hyunjung
H
Seung
Department Microbiology, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon, Korea.
Sukju
S
Jo
D000208:Acute Disease; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D029322:Norovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015995:Prevalence; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
D012367:RNA, Viral
Acute gastroenteritis; GI; GII; GII.4; Norovirus; Prevalence