Genetic Analysis of Norovirus Strains that Caused Gastroenteritis Outbreaks Among River Rafters in the Grand Canyon, Arizona.
Toilet solid waste samples collected from five outbreaks among rafters in the Grand Canyon were subjected to sequencing analysis of norovirus partial capsid gene. The results revealed that a GI.3 strain was associated with one outbreak, whereas the other outbreaks were caused by GII.5 whose sequences shared >98.9% homology.
['Kitajima|Masaaki|M|', 'Iker|Brandon C|BC|', 'Magill-Collins|Anne|A|', 'Gaither|Marlene|M|', 'Stoehr|James D|JD|', 'Gerba|Charles P|CP|']
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Norovirus Gastroenteritis Genotype PCR Phylogenetic analysis