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Genetic Analysis of an Emerging GII.P2–GII.2 Norovirus Associated with a 2016 Outbreak of Acute Gastroenteritis in China

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This work was supported by the Special National Project on Research and Development of Key Biosafety Technologies (2016YFC1201900) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31500139).

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  1. Yuanyun Ao and Xiaolu Xie have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China

    Yuanyun Ao, Miao Jin & Zhaojun Duan

  2. Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China

    Xiaolu Xie

  3. Fengtai District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100071, China

    Xiaogen Dong

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Ao, Y., Xie, X., Dong, X. et al. Genetic Analysis of an Emerging GII.P2–GII.2 Norovirus Associated with a 2016 Outbreak of Acute Gastroenteritis in China. Virol. Sin. 34, 111–114 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-019-00084-6

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