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The number of person-to-person transmitted norovirus cases (n = 4,712) in school children in Osaka, Japan, during 2016/17 was the largest since 2012/13. Norovirus outbreaks were reported by 101 schools including 53 nursery schools (1,927 cases), 18 kindergartens (1,086 cases) and 30 elementary schools (1,699 cases). The dominant genotype among outbreaks was GII.P16-GII.2 (57.4%; 58/101), followed by GII.P2-GII.2 (8.9%; 9/101) and GII.P7-GII.6 (5.9%; 6/101). GII.4 was not detected despite dominance in previous years.

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High transmissibility of norovirus among infants and school children during the 2016/17 season in Osaka, Japan
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Naomi+Sakon&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sakon Naomi</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jun+Komano&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Komano Jun</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Heidi+L.+Tessmer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tessmer Heidi L.</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ryosuke+Omori&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Omori Ryosuke</a></span>. High transmissibility of norovirus among infants and school children during the 2016/17 season in Osaka, Japan. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2018;23(6):pii=18-00029. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.6.18-00029" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.6.18-00029</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 18 Jan 2018;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 08 Feb 2018 </span> </p>
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