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Characterization of norovirus infections in Seoul, Korea
Author(s) -
Park Sanghun,
Jung Jihun,
Oh Seah,
Jung Hyowon,
Oh Younghee,
Cho Seokju,
Cho SeogJu,
Cho Sungja,
Park Hyongsug,
Jo Namsook,
Bae Kyungwon,
Choi Sungmin,
Kim Bogsoon,
Kim Junghun,
Chae Youngzoo,
Jung Haesook,
Cheon Doosung,
Kim Hyunsoo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2012.00494.x
Subject(s) - norovirus , biology , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , outbreak
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.