title: Molecular identification of emergent GII.P17-GII.17 norovirus genotype, Romania, 2015.
abstract: The novel GII.P17-GII.17 norovirus genotype has been reported as cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks in China and Japan since the winter season 2014/15, replacing the pandemic strain GII.4 Sydney 2012. These emergent strains have also been sporadically reported on other continents than Asia. GII.P17-GII.17 isolates, similar to Kawasaki308 2015, were identified in three patients during a large outbreak of acute gastroenteritis affecting 328 people in Romania, in neighbouring localities, in 2015.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, Cantacuzino National Institute of Research, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Sorin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dinu
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Dana Gabriela
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Negru
authors.forename: Emilian Damian
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Popovici
authors.forename: Lavinia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zota
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oprișan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D029322:Norovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: Caliciviridae; GII.P17-GII.17; emergent genotype; molecular typing; norovirus; viral gastroenteritis