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. 2004 May 10;12(6):279–287. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2004.04.005

Table 1.

Noroviruses, original outbreaks and carbohydrate-bindinga

Carbohydrate-bindingb
Virus Name Accession Number G gc Outbreak Site Year Lec H1 Lea Leb H2 Lex Ley H3 A B

Norwalk M87661 I 1 Norwalk, OH, USA 1968 o + o + + o + + + o
Hawaii U07611 II 1 Hawaii, USA 1971 nd o o o nd nd nd o o o
Snow Mountain AY134748 II 2 Snow Mountain, CO, USA 1976 nd o o o nd nd nd o o +s
Mexico U22498 II 3 Mexico City, Mexico 1988 nd +s nd +s nd nd nd nd +s +s
Grimsby AJ004864 II 4 Grimsby, UK 1995 o + o + + o + nd +sr +sr
VA387 AY038600 II 4 Virginia, USA 1998 nd +s o +s nd o +s nd + +
MOH AF397156 II 5 Three cities in Hungary 1999 nd +s o +s nd o n nd + +
VA207 AY038599 II na Virginia, USA 1997 nd o +s o nd +s n nd o o
a

Abbreviations: G, genogroup; gc, genetic cluster; Le, Lewis; na, not assigned [4] or nominally assigned gc 8 [19]; nd, not done; o, no binding; +, binding; +sr, binding inferred by saliva and red blood cell binding assays; +s, binding inferred by saliva binding assays.

b

Carbohydrates listed below. Lec: H type 1 precursor, Galβ1,3GlcNAcβ-H1: H type 1, Led, Fucα1,2Galβ1,3GlcNAcβ-Lea: Galβ1,3(Fucα1,4)GlcNAcβ-Leb: Fucα1,2Galβ1,3(Fucα1,4)GlcNAcβ-H2: H type 2, Fucα1,2Galβ1,4GlcNAcβ-Lex: Galβ1,4(Fucα1,3)GlcNAcβ-Ley: Fucα1,2Galβ1,4(Fucα1,3)GlcNAcβ-H3: H type 3, Fucα1,2Galβ1,3GalNAcα-A: GalNAcα1,3(Fucα1,2)Galβ-B: Galα1,3(Fucα1,2)Galβ-