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An increase in prevalence of recombinant GII.3[P12] norovirus in sporadic acute diarrhea in children in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2018–2021

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Noroviruses are important etiological agents causing acute intestinal infection in humans. In the last decades, the most common norovirus genotype was GII.4 despite a significant genetic diversity among strains, while the active circulation of noroviruses with other genotypes was observed periodically. This study shows an increase in the detection rate of recombinant GII.3[P12] norovirus in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, from 6.8% in 2018–2019 to 34.9% in 2020–2021. We performed a phylogenetic analysis based on the nucleotide sequences of noroviruses possessing this genotype obtained in this work, as well as presented in the GenBank database. It has been shown that the circulation of GII.3[P12] noroviruses in the study area was the result of several independent introductions, either directly from the Western Pacific region, or through the Asian part of Russia. The polyphyletic origin, the geographical expansion, and the growth of the epidemic significance of the recombinant GII.3[P12] noroviruses were noted.

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NVE conceived and designed the experiments. OVM, TAS, and SVO performed the experiments. NVE and SVO analyzed the data. NVE and NAN wrote the manuscript. TAS and OVM participated in revising the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Epifanova, N.V., Sashina, T.A., Morozova, O.V. et al. An increase in prevalence of recombinant GII.3[P12] norovirus in sporadic acute diarrhea in children in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2018–2021. Virus Genes (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-022-01919-3

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Keywords

  • Recombinant norovirus GII.3[P12]
  • An increase in prevalence
  • Phylogenetic analysis