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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Molecular Evolution of GII.P31/GII.4_Sydney_2012 Norovirus over a Decade in a Clinic in Japan.

Hiroshi Ushijima, Sheikh Ariful Hoque, Yuki Akari, Ngan Thi Kim Pham, Tung Phan, Shuichi Nishimura, Masaaki Kobayashi, Kumiko Sugita, Shoko Okitsu, Satoshi Komoto and 4 more

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Clinical and Genotypic Features of Norovirus Enteritis in Children Complicated by Convulsions: A Retrospective Study in Kunming, China.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Hiroshi UshijimaDivision of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4378-3861
Sheikh Ariful HoqueDivision of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan.
Yuki AkariDepartment of Virology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan.
Ngan Thi Kim PhamCollege of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, Narashino, Chiba 275-8575, Japan.
Tung PhanDepartment of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Shuichi NishimuraNishimura Pediatric Clinic, Maizuru, Kyoto 625-0036, Japan.
Masaaki KobayashiKobayashi Pediatric Clinic, Fujieda, Shizuoka 426-0067, Japan.
Kumiko SugitaSugita Children Clinic, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0035, Japan.
Shoko OkitsuDivision of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2206-282X
Satoshi KomotoDepartment of Virology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan.
Aksara ThongprachumFaculty of Public Health, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Pattara KhamrinDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Emerging and Re-Emerging Diarrheal Viruses Research Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Niwat ManeekarnDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Emerging and Re-Emerging Diarrheal Viruses Research Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Satoshi HayakawaDivision of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1022-1443

Funding

Grants-in-Aid for Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP23fk0108668
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Norovirus (NoV) genogroup II, polymerase type P31, capsid genotype 4, Sydney_2012 variant (GII.P31/GII.4_Sydney_2012) has been circulating at high levels for over a decade, raising the question of whether this strain is undergoing molecular alterations without demonstrating a substantial phylogenetic difference. Here, we applied next-generation sequencing to learn more about the genetic diversity of 14 GII.P31/GII.4_Sydney_2012 strains that caused epidemics in a specific region of Japan, with 12 from Kyoto and 2 from Shizuoka, between 2012 and 2022, with an emphasis on amino acid (aa) differences in all three ORFs. We found numerous notable aa alterations in antigenic locations in the capsid region (ORF2) as well as in other ORFs. In all three ORFs, earlier strains (2013-2016) remained phylogenetically distinct from later strains (2019-2022). This research is expected to shed light on the evolutionary properties of dominating GII.P31/GII.4_Sydney_2012 strains, which could provide useful information for viral diarrhea prevention and treatment.

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Evolution, MolecularNorovirusBiological EvolutionCapsid ProteinsJapanPhylogenyCapsid Proteinsdeduced amino acid sequencesepidemicsGII.P31/GII.4_Sydney_2012molecular evolutionnorovirusORFsphylogenetic analysis

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PMID38612429
PMCPMC11011564

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