Epidemiological and genetic characteristics of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks caused by sapovirus in one district of Beijing,2019-2023
Objective To analyse the epidemiological characteristics and genetic features of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks caused by sapovirus in a district of Beijing.Methods Epidemiological investigation date and fecal samples of the patients in acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in a district of Beijing from 2019 to 2023 were collected.Rotavirus,G Ⅰ and G Ⅱ norovirus,sapovirus,enteric adenovirus and astrovirus were identified by quantitative real-time PCR.Partial VP1 gene sequencing and phylogenetic analysis were performed for sapovirus positive samples.Results Sapovirus was detected in 29 outbreaks and the positive detection rate is 12.66%.There were two significant peaks in May to June and November.The outbreaks occurred mainly in kindergartens and primary schools.Five genotypes were detected,including G Ⅰ.6,G Ⅰ.1,G Ⅱ.3,G Ⅰ.2 and G Ⅰ.3.Conclusions G Ⅰ.6 was the predominant genotype of the outbreaks in a district of Beijing.Continuous surveillance should be carried out for further understanding of the molecular epidemiological characteristics of sapovirus.