Acute Gastroenteritis Associated with Norovirus GII.8[P8], Thailand, 2023

Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Jan;30(1):194-197. doi: 10.3201/eid3001.231264.

Abstract

Acute gastroenteritis associated with human norovirus infection was reported in Phuket, Thailand, in June 2023. We amplified GII.8[P8] from the outbreak stool specimens. Retrospective sample analysis identified infrequent GII.8[P8] in the country beginning in 2018. In all, the 10 whole-genome GII.8[P8] sequences from Thailand we examined had no evidence of genotypic recombination.

Keywords: GII.8; Thailand; VP1; enteric infections; food safety; gastroenteritis; norovirus; polymerase; viruses.

MeSH terms

  • Caliciviridae Infections* / epidemiology
  • Feces
  • Gastroenteritis* / epidemiology
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Norovirus* / genetics
  • Phylogeny
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Thailand / epidemiology