Increased circulation of GII.17 noroviruses, six European countries and the United States, 2023 to 2024
We report an increase in GII.17 norovirus outbreaks and sporadic infections of acute gastroenteritis in Austria, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, England and the United States during the 2023/24 season. A decrease in GII.4 coincided with GII.17 prevalence increasing to between 17% and 64% of all GII detections. Overall, 84% of the GII.17 strains clustered closely with strains first reported in Romania in 2021 and two new sub-lineages were identified. Norovirus surveillance and molecular characterisation should be prioritised this winter.
Authors
- Cristina Celma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2223-5057)
- Sandra Niendorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8760-5661)
- Aoife Colgan
- Shan S. Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5203-2704)
- Mirko Faber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9196-570X)
- Athinna Nisavanh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6489-2373)
- Patricia Garvey
- Haider Al‐Hello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-1226)
- Jan Vinjé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1530-3675)
- Amy Douglas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9270-1549)
- Katia Ambert‐Balay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2624-712X)
- Miranda de Graaf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7831-0098)
- Rachel Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1954-0256)
- Judith Breuer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8246-0534)
- Harry Vennema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2521-0584)
- Preeti Chhabra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7265-2556)
- Zoe Yandle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9293-8773)
- I Lederer
- Leslie Barclay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0821-3794)
- Sonja Jacobsen
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Robert Koch Institute (DE)
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
- Santé Publique France (FR)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- Health Protection Surveillance Centre (IE)
- Maison des Sciences sociales et des Humanités de Dijon (FR)
- Institut thématique Santé Publique (FR)
- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AT)
- UK Health Security Agency (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Eurosurveillance
- Published
- 2024-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2024.29.39.2400625
- Citations
- 40
- Primary Topic
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 15.56
Funders
- University College London
- Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health