ABSTRACT
Objective@#To understand the status and genotype of norovirus in Wuhu, and provide the basic molecular epidemiological data for norovirus infection control and prevention, 2017.@*Methods@#Anal swab and vomit specimens were collected during outbreaks from patients, primarily using fluorescence quantitative PCR to preliminarily identify the genotype of norovirus; according to preliminary result , through their respective specific primer, RT-PCR was applied, and sequencing was done to identify virus genotypes. Sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis of norovirus was performed by using biological software.@*Results@#Seventeen norovirus epidemics were observed in Wuhu area, a total of 137 specimens were collected. Real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR result showed that 77 specimens were norovirus nucleic acid testing positive, and all were GⅡ genotype. Through specific primers amplification, sequencing analysis showed that the 2017 outbreaks in Wuhu were caused only by two genotypes, GⅡ.3 and GⅡ. 2, including one case of GⅡ. 3, Six cases of GⅡ.2, and 10 epidemic aggregations, 8 cases of GⅡ. 2, and there were two cases of G Ⅱ. 4 Sydney 2012.@*Conclusions@#Norovirus GⅡ.2 genotype was dominant in norovirus outbreaks and the aggregation epidemics, other genotypes were occasionally seen in Wuhu, 2017.