{"id":9591,"date":"2025-06-03T20:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T01:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=9591"},"modified":"2025-06-03T20:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T01:09:03","slug":"will-norovirus-surge-early-again-this-year-cdc-urges-tracking-of-new-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2025\/06\/03\/will-norovirus-surge-early-again-this-year-cdc-urges-tracking-of-new-strain\/","title":{"rendered":"Will norovirus surge early again this year? CDC urges tracking of new strain."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/norovirus-surge-early-cdc-tracking-new-strain\/\">CBS News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After years of largely predictable&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/norovirus-cases-surging-parts-of-us-cdc-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"norovirus, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">norovirus<\/a>&nbsp;waves, the emergence of a new strain might have disrupted the seasonal pattern of outbreaks from this notorious stomach bug, suggests a new report by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In previous years, the U.S. usually saw norovirus outbreaks increase around December. That marked the start of the season for the virus. But last year&#8217;s season started in October, as a new norovirus strain&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-norovirus-strain-us-wave-stomach-bug\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"called GII.17, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called GII.17<\/a>&nbsp;drove a record wave of outbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Continued surveillance is needed to determine if this genotype remains the dominant genotype, as well as whether the norovirus season continues to start earlier than previous years,&#8221; wrote two of the CDC&#8217;s top norovirus researchers, in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/eid\/article\/31\/7\/25-0524_article\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"an article, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an article<\/a>&nbsp;published this month by the agency&#8217;s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/norovirus-surge-early-cdc-tracking-new-strain\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\"k tTgbhTe\">k tTgbhTe<\/a> --><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS News After years of largely predictable&nbsp;norovirus&nbsp;waves, the emergence of a new strain might have disrupted the seasonal pattern of outbreaks from this notorious stomach bug, suggests a new report by the&nbsp;Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In previous years, the U.S. usually saw norovirus outbreaks increase around December. 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