Increased Detection of Emergent Recombinant Norovirus GII.P16-GII.2 Strains in Young Adults, Hong Kong, China, 2016–2017

Kwok, Kirsty; Niendorf, Sandra; Lee, Nelson; Hung, Tin-Nok; Chan, Lok-Yi; Jacobsen, Sonja; Nelson, E. Anthony S.; Leung, Ting F.; Lai, Raymond W.M.; Chan, Paul K.S.; Chan, Martin C.W.

2017-11-01Zeitschriftenartikel

Kwok, Kirsty

Niendorf, Sandra

Lee, Nelson

Hung, Tin-Nok

Chan, Lok-Yi

Jacobsen, Sonja

Nelson, E. Anthony S.

Leung, Ting F.

Lai, Raymond W.M.

Chan, Paul K.S.

Chan, Martin C.W.

A new recombinant norovirus GII.P16-GII.2 outnumbered pandemic GII.4 as the predominant GII genotype in the winter of 2016–2017 in Hong Kong, China. Half of hospitalized case-patients were older children and adults, including 13 young adults. This emergent norovirus targets a wider age population compared with circulating pandemic GII.4 strains.

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