Near-Complete Genome Sequence of a Human Norovirus GII.1[Pg] Strain Associated with Acute Gastroenteritis, Determined Using Long-Read Sequencing

High-throughput sequencing is one of the approaches used for the detection of foodborne pathogens such as noroviruses. Long-read sequencing has advantages over short-read sequencing in speed, read length, and lower fragmentation bias, which makes it a potential powerful tool for the fast detection and identification of viruses. Using Nanopore sequencing technology, we were able to successfully recover a nearly complete genome sequence of a human norovirus GII.1[Pg] strain in a single long read from a sample from a patient with norovirus gastroenteritis.