Cited 18 times since 2021 (5.4 per year) source: EuropePMC Emerging infectious diseases, Volume 27, Issue 1, 1 1 2021, Pages 289-293 Detection of Norovirus Variant GII.4 Hong Kong in Asia and Europe, 2017-2019. Chan MC, Roy S, Bonifacio J, Zhang LY, Chhabra P, Chan JCM, Celma C, Igoy MA, Lau SL, Mohammad KN, Vinjé J, Vennema H, Breuer J, Koopmans M, de Graaf M, for NOROPATROL2
We report a new norovirus GII.4 variant, GII.4 Hong Kong, with low-level circulation in 4 Eurasia countries since mid-2017. Amino acid substitutions in key residues on the virus capsid associated with the emergence of pandemic noroviruses suggest that GII.4 Hong Kong has the potential to become the next pandemic variant.
