Surveillance of norovirus in Portugal and the emergence of the Sydney variant, 2011-2013

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2015

Autores

Costa, I (Autor) Outra; Mesquita, JR (Autor) FFUP; Veiga, E (Autor) Outra; Oleastro, M (Autor) Outra; Nascimento, MSJ (Autor) FFUP

Revista

Título: Journal of Clinical Virology

Vol. 70

Páginas: 26-28

ISSN: 1386-6532

Editora: Elsevier

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ID Authenticus: P-00G-G31

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.07.002

Abstract (EN): This report presents the results of the national surveillance system of diarrhea etiology of the National Institute of Health of Portugal concerning norovirus (NoV) during a two-year period, May 2011-2013. Of the total 580 stool samples collected from patients hospitalized for acute diarrhea in 13 Hospitals of Portugal, 67 (11.6%) tested positive for NoV. From May 2011 to March 2012 the GII.4 variant New Orleans 2009 was the most predominant strain having been replaced by the new GII.4 variant Sydney 2012 since then till the end of the survey. To our knowledge this is the first study showing the circulation of GII.4 as the norovirus strain most commonly associated to gastroenteritis and the first to report the replacement of GII.4 New Orleans by GII.4 Sydney 2012 variant in Portugal.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 3