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Volume 24, Number 1—January 2018
Dispatch

Phylogeny and Immunoreactivity of Norovirus GII.P16-GII.2, Japan, Winter 2016–17

Koo Nagasawa1, Yuki Matsushima1, Takumi Motoya, Fuminori Mizukoshi, Yo Ueki, Naomi Sakon, Koichi Murakami, Tomomi Shimizu, Nobuhiko Okabe, Noriko Nagata, Komei Shirabe, Hiroto Shinomiya, Wataru Suzuki, Makoto Kuroda, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Akihide Ryo, Kiyotaka Fujita, Kazunori Oishi, Kazuhiko KatayamaComments to Author , and Hirokazu KimuraComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National Institute of Infectious Diseases,Tokyo, Japan (K. Nagasawa, K. Murakami, M. Kuroda, T. Sekizuka, K. Oishi, H. Kimura); Kawasaki City Institute for Public Health, Kanagawa, Japan (Y. Matsushima, T. Shimizu, N. Okabe); Ibaraki Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Ibaraki, Japan (T. Motoya, N. Nagata); Tochigi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Tochigi, Japan (F. Mizukoshi); Miyagi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Miyagi, Japan (Y. Ueki); Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka, Japan (N. Sakon); Yamaguchi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Yamaguchi, Japan (K. Shirabe); Ehime Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Ehime, Japan (H. Shinomiya); Eiken Chemical Co. Ltd., Tochigi (W. Suzuki); Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa (A. Ryo, H. Kimura); Gumma Paz University, Gunma, Japan (K. Fujita); Kitasato University, Minato-ku, Tokyo (K. Katayama)

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Table

Sensitivities of 5 immunochromatography kits and the BLEIA for 2016 and pre-2016 GII.P16-GII2 norovirus strains

Sample ID Virus genome, copies/g Norovirus immunochromatography kit test results
 BLEIA result
ImmunoCatch-Noro Quick Chaser-Noro Quick Navi-Noro 2 GE test Noro Nissui RIDA QUICK
Kawasaki181, 2016 strains 9.12 × 109 + + + + + +
Kawasaki159, 2016 strains 7.47 × 108 + + + – + +
Kawasaki163, 2016 strains 2.30 × 107 + + – – + +
Kawasaki173, 2016 strains 1.31 × 107 + – – – – +
Kawasaki125, 2016 strains 2.26 × 106 – – – – – +
Kawasaki175, 2016 strains 1.82 × 106 – – – – – –
Kawasaki177, 2016 strains
 3.16 × 105
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
Ibaraki09–1095, pre-2016 GII.P16-GII.2 8.09 × 107 + – – – – +
Ibaraki09–965, pre-2016 GII.P16-GII.2 1.40 × 107 + – – – – +

*Kit manufacturers: ImmunoCatch-Noro, Eiken Chemical, Tokyo, Japan; Quick Chaser-Noro, Mizuho Medy, Tosu-shi, Japan; Quick Navi-Noro 2, Denka Seiken, Tokyo, Japan; GE test Noro Nissui, Nissui Pharmaceutical, Tokyo, Japan; RIDA QUICK Norovirus, R-Biopharm AG, Darmstadt, Germany. BLEIA, bioluminescent enzyme immunoassay; ID, identification information; +, positive; –, negative.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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