Whole genome sequencing and de novo assembly identifies Sydney-like variant noroviruses and recombinants during the winter 2012/2013 outbreak in England

Virology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wong, T H Nicholas ^a,b   Dearlove, Bethany L ^a   Hedge, Jessica ^a   Giess, Adam P ^a   Piazza, Paolo ^c   Trebes, Amy ^c   Paul, John ^d   Smit, Erasmus ^e   Smith, E Grace ^e   Sutton, Julian K ^f   Wilcox, Mark H ^g   Dingle, Kate E ^a,b   Peto, Tim E A ^a,b   Crook, Derrick W ^a,b   Wilson, Daniel J ^a,c   Wyllie, David H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calicivirus; Gastroenteritis; Infection control; Norovirus; Outbreaks; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYDNEY LIKE VARIANT NOROVIRUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; WINTER;

CALICIVIRIDAE; NOROVIRUS;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84887354366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-10-335     Document Type: Article

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