Volume 13, Number 7—July 2007
Dispatch
Norovirus in Captive Lion Cub (Panthera leo)
Table
Distribution of norovirus genogroups and genotypes
Host | Genogroup and genotypes* |
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I | II | III | IV | V | |
Human | 1–8 | 1–10, 12–17 | 1 | ||
Pig | 11, 18, 19 | ||||
Cattle | 1, 2 | ||||
Lion | 2† | ||||
Mouse | 1 |
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