Evidence for recombination between pandemic GII.4 norovirus strains New Orleans 2009 and Sydney 2012

V Martella; M C Medici; S De Grazia; F Tummolo; A Calderaro; F Bonura; L Saporito; V Terio; C Catella; G Lanave; C Buonavoglia; G M Giammanco

doi:10.1128/JCM.01847-13

Evidence for recombination between pandemic GII.4 norovirus strains New Orleans 2009 and Sydney 2012

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Nov;51(11):3855-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01847-13. Epub 2013 Aug 21.

Authors

V Martella¹, M C Medici, S De Grazia, F Tummolo, A Calderaro, F Bonura, L Saporito, V Terio, C Catella, G Lanave, C Buonavoglia, G M Giammanco

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università Aldo Moro di Bari, Valenzano, Italy.

Abstract

During 2012, a novel pandemic GII.4 norovirus variant, Sydney 2012, emerged worldwide. A signature of the variant was a GII.Pe ORF1, in association with GII.4 Apeldoorn 2008-like ORF2-ORF3 genes. We report the detection of recombinant GII.4 Sydney 2012 strains, possessing the ORF1 gene of the former pandemic variant New Orleans 2009.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Caliciviridae Infections / epidemiology
Caliciviridae Infections / virology*
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Norovirus / classification*
Norovirus / genetics*
Norovirus / isolation & purification
Open Reading Frames
Pandemics
RNA, Viral / genetics
Recombination, Genetic*
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

RNA, Viral

Associated data

GENBANK/KF378731
GENBANK/KF378732
GENBANK/KF378733
GENBANK/KF386146