Gastroenteritis outbreak at a health function caused by an emerging recombinant strain of Norovirus GII.P16/GII.4 Sydney 2012, Australia

B J Jones; J Flint; J Collins; P A White; J H Lun; D N Durrheim

doi:10.1017/S0950268818000869

Gastroenteritis outbreak at a health function caused by an emerging recombinant strain of Norovirus GII.P16/GII.4 Sydney 2012, Australia

Epidemiol Infect. 2018 Jun;146(8):970-971. doi: 10.1017/S0950268818000869. Epub 2018 Apr 16.

Authors

B J Jones¹, J Flint¹, J Collins¹, P A White², J H Lun², D N Durrheim¹

Affiliations

¹ Hunter New England Population Health, New South Wales Health,Wallsend, NSW,Australia.
² Faculty of Science,School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales,Sydney, NSW,Australia.

Abstract

An emerging recombinant norovirus GII.P16/GII.4 Sydney 2012 strain caused a gastroenteritis outbreak amongst attendees at a large health function in regional New South Wales, Australia. This was the third outbreak caused by the recombinant GII.P16/GII.4 Sydney 2012 strain in this region in 2017, which appears to be emerging as a common strain in the Hunter New England region.

Keywords: Australia; Norovirus; outbreak; recombinant strain; viral gastroenteritis.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Caliciviridae Infections / epidemiology*
Caliciviridae Infections / virology
Disease Outbreaks*
Female
Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
Gastroenteritis / virology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
New South Wales / epidemiology
Norovirus / classification
Norovirus / isolation & purification*