posted on 2019-04-07, 21:26authored byMartin C.W. Chan, Yunwen Hu, Haili Cheng, Alexander T. Podkolzin, Ekaterina V. Zaytseva, Jun Komano, Naomi Sakon, Yong Poovorawan, Sompong Vongpunsawad, Thanundorn Thanusuwannasak, Joanne Hewitt, Dawn Croucher, Nikail Collins, Jan Vinjé, Xiaoli L. Pang, Bonita E. Lee, Miranda de Graaf, Janko van Beek, Harry Vennema, Marion P.G. Koopmans, Sandra Niendorf, Mateja Poljsak-Prijatelj, Andrej Steyer, Peter White, Jennifer H. Lun, Janet Mans, Tin-Nok Hung, Kirsty Kwok, Kelton Cheung, Nelson Lee, Paul K.S. Chan
Analysis of complete capsid sequences of the emerging norovirus GII. 17 Kawasaki 308 from 13 countries demonstrated that they originated from a single haplotype since the initial emergence in China in late 2014. Global spread of a sublineage SL2 was identified. A new sublineage SL3 emerged in China in 2016.
Funding
Commissioned Health and Medical Research Fund of Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
Thailand’s Research Chair Grant from the National Science and Technology Development Agency
European Union H2020 grant COMPARE (Grant Agreement No: 643476)