Identifying intra-hospital Norovirus GII transmission using whole-genome sequencing

Authors

• Logan Grimes, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
• Jeffrey Fink, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
• Michael Elkan, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
• Jessica Llewellyn, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
• Rose C. Patrick, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
• Ana Luiza Jernigan, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
• Benjamin M. Liu, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States of America.
• Kenneth P. Smith, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
• Rebecca M. Harris, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
• Ericka Hayes, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
• Robert Fredrick Potter, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. [email protected].

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

3-6-2026

Journal

Genome medicine

DOI

10.1186/s13073-026-01621-1

Keywords

Genomic Surveillance; Norovirus GII; Viral Gastroenteritis; Whole-Genome Sequencing

APA Citation

Grimes, Logan; Fink, Jeffrey; Elkan, Michael; Llewellyn, Jessica; Patrick, Rose C.; Jernigan, Ana Luiza; Liu, Benjamin M.; Smith, Kenneth P.; Harris, Rebecca M.; Hayes, Ericka; and Potter, Robert Fredrick, "Identifying intra-hospital Norovirus GII transmission using whole-genome sequencing" (2026). GW Authored Works. Paper 8926.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/8926

Department

Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine