Large-scale gastroenteritis outbreaks occurring in a university town of Guangzhou city during the global wave of the norovirus in China
Yi Tian, Jun Yuan, Wenfeng Cai, Huaping Xie, Yanhui Yang, Lijiao Cao, Shi Cong, Xiangyu Kong, Qing Zhang, Miao Jin · 2026
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Yi Tian and colleagues reported stomach flu outbreaks in a Guangzhou college district in a 2026 paper. The events took place from January to April 2013, during a global wave of norovirus. Norovirus spreads fast and causes vomiting and loose stools. Six hundred fifty-two people fell ill across five universities and one middle school. Labs tested close to four hundred samples, and about a third held the virus.
Gene reading pinned the strain as a new variant first seen in Sydney in 2012. The team read its full gene code and set it beside older strains. Small changes sat in spots that grip human cells and in spots the immune system reads. Tests showed the strain could grip cells from a wider range of people than older strains. The authors say that broader grip may explain its worldwide spread.
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| CREATOR | Yi Tian, Jun Yuan, Wenfeng Cai, Huaping Xie, Yanhui Yang, Lijiao Cao, Shi Cong, Xiangyu Kong, Qing Zhang, Miao Jin |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46605 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |