Association of GII.P16-GII.2 Recombinant Norovirus Strain with Increased Norovirus Outbreaks, Guangdong, China, 2016
Jing Lu
1, Ling Fang
1, Limei Sun, Hanri Zeng, Yanling Li, Huanying Zheng, Siwei Wu, Feng Yang, Tie Song, Jinyan Lin, Changwen Ke, Yonghui Zhang, Jan Vinjé, and Hui Li
Author affiliations: Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China (J. Lu, L. Fang, L. Sun, H. Zeng, Y. Li, H. Zheng, S. Wu, F. Yang, T. Song, J. Lin, C. Ke, Y. Zhang, H. Li); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J. Vinjé)
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Figure 2. Molecular clock phylogeny of norovirus strain GII.2 VP1 gene sequences. The tree is a maximum clade credibility phylogeny with the GII.2 VP1 sequences, including the Guangdong, China, outbreak strains (red box, enlarged at right). Red dots indicate GII.2/Guangdong/2016 strains; black dots indicate outbreak strains from Germany, 2016; black squares indicate closely related GII.2 strains reported in previous years.
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