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In this study, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) was used to monitor the circulation and genetic diversity of HNoVs in Rome over an eight-year period (2017\u20132024). A total of 337 wastewater samples were analyzed using RT-nested PCR and next-generation sequencing (NGS) to identify genogroups GI and GII and their respective genotypes. The results showed that GII had higher detection rates (66.5%) compared to GI (50.7%), with significant variation between years. Detection rates peaked in 2019 before declining sharply in 2020, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic and rebounding after the pandemic in 2023. A total of 24 genotypes were identified (8 GI and 17 GII), including persistent variants GII.2, GII.3 and GII.4 and emerging genotypes such as GII.8, GII.10 and GII.14. Only two GII.4 variants, Sydney_2016 and Sydney_2012, were detected in the study. 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