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Volume 25, Number 8—August 2019
Dispatch

Emergence of a Novel Recombinant Norovirus GII.P16-GII.12 Strain Causing Gastroenteritis, Alberta, Canada

Kanti Pabbaraju, Anita A. Wong, Graham A. Tipples, and Xiaoli-Li. PangComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Public Health Laboratory (ProvLab),; Alberta Public Laboratories, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (K. Pabbaraju, A.A. Wong, G.A. Tipples, X.-L. Pang); University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (G.A. Tipples, X.-L. Pang)

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Table 2

Genotyping results for outbreak and sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis, March 1, 2018–February 12, 2019, Alberta, Canada

Characteristics
Outbreak
Sporadic
Total
No. cases 72 94 166
No. (%) genotyped
64 (89)
74 (79)
138 (83)
GI genotypes, no. cases
GI.P2-GI.2 0 1 1
GI.P3-GI.3 3 2 5
GI.Pb-GI.6 1 0 1
GI.P6-GI.6* 1 0 1
GI.P7-GI.7 0 1 1
GI.PUnknown-GI.7
1
0
1
GII genotypes, no. cases
GII.P4-GII.4 1 1 2
GII.P7-GII.6 1 0 1
GII.P7-GII.14* 1 0 1
GII.P12-GII.3 0 4 4
GII.P16-GII.2 0 2 2
GII.P16-GII.4 46 44 90
GII.16-GII.12 10 17 27
GII.P-unknown_GII.12 0 2 2

*Co-infection with genogroups GI and GII.

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