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2. Long Term Norovirus Infection in a Patient with Severe Common Variable Immunodeficiency
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Ottosson, Loa, primary, Hagbom, Marie, additional, Svernlöv, Rikard, additional, Nyström, Sofia, additional, Carlsson, Beatrice, additional, Öman, Mattias, additional, Ström, Magnus, additional, Svensson, Lennart, additional, Nilsdotter-Augustinsson, Åsa, additional, and Nordgren, Johan, additional
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- 2022
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3. Long Term Norovirus Infection in a Patient with Severe Common Variable Immunodeficiency
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Ottosson, Loa, Hagbom, Marie, Svernlöv, Rikard, Nyström, Sofia, Carlsson, Beatrice, Öman, Mattias, Ström, Magnus, Svensson, Lennart, Nilsdotter-Augustinsson, Åsa, Nordgren, Johan, Ottosson, Loa, Hagbom, Marie, Svernlöv, Rikard, Nyström, Sofia, Carlsson, Beatrice, Öman, Mattias, Ström, Magnus, Svensson, Lennart, Nilsdotter-Augustinsson, Åsa, and Nordgren, Johan
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Norovirus is the most common cause of acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis. Immunocompromised patients can become chronically infected, with or without symptoms. In Europe, common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is one of the most common inborn errors of immunity. A potentially severe complication is CVID-associated enteropathy, a disorder with similar histopathology to celiac disease. Studies suggest that chronic norovirus infection may be a contributor to CVID enteropathy, and that the antiviral drug ribavirin can be effective against norovirus. Here, a patient with CVID-like disease with combined B- and T-cell deficiency, had chronic norovirus infection and enteropathy. The patient was routinely administered subcutaneous and intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy (SCIg and IVIg). The patient was also administered ribavirin for -7.5 months to clear the infection. Stool samples (collected 2013-2016) and archived paraffin embedded duodenal biopsies were screened for norovirus by qPCR, confirming a chronic infection. Norovirus genotyping was done in 25 stool samples. For evolutionary analysis, the capsid (VP1) and polymerase (RdRp) genes were sequenced in 10 and 12 stool samples, respectively, collected before, during, and after ribavirin treatment. Secretor phenotyping was done in saliva, and serum was analyzed for histoblood group antigen (HBGA) blocking titers. The chronic norovirus strain formed a unique variant subcluster, with GII.4 Den Haag [P4] variant, circulating around 2009, as the most recent common ancestor. This corresponded to the documented debut of symptoms. The patient was a secretor and had HBGA blocking titers associated with protection in immunocompetent individuals. Several unique amino acid substitutions were detected in immunodominant epitopes of VP1. However, HBGA binding sites were conserved. Ribavirin failed in treating the infection and no clear association between ribavirin-levels and quantity of norovirus shedding was observed. I, Funding Agencies|Region Ostergotland [ALF-LIU-934451]; Karolinska Institute [ALF-KI-K23003073]; Swedish Research Council [2018-02862]
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- 2022
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4. Susceptibility of children to sapovirus infections Nicaragua, 2005-2006
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Bucardo, Filemon, Carlsson, Beatrice, Nordgren, Johan, Larson, Goran, Blandon, Patricia, Vilchez, Samuel, and Svensson, Lennart
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Genes ,Gastroenteritis -- Genetic aspects ,Infection -- Genetic aspects ,Disease susceptibility -- Genetic aspects ,Health - Abstract
Human sapovirus (SaV), family Caliciviridae, is a causative agent of gastroenteritis in children and adults. Symptoms of SaV infection seem to be milder than symptoms of rotavirus and norovirus (NoV) [...]
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- 2012
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5. Secretor Status is Associated with Susceptibility to Disease in a Large GII.6 Norovirus Foodborne Outbreak
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Sharma, Sumit, primary, Hagbom, Marie, additional, Carlsson, Beatrice, additional, Nederby Öhd, Joanna, additional, Insulander, Mona, additional, Eriksson, Ronnie, additional, Simonsson, Magnus, additional, Widerström, Micael, additional, and Nordgren, Johan, additional
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- 2019
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6. Samband med arbetstagarens stolthet : En studie om sambanden mellan hur medarbetaren identifierar sig med sin arbetsgivare och olika arbetsfaktorer
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Hedman, Viktor and Widlund Carlsson, Beatrice
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engagemang ,Pedagogy ,stolthet ,social identity theory ,Pedagogik ,employer branding ,Teorin om social identitet ,arbetsgivarvarumärke ,samarbete - Abstract
Syftet är att förstå vilka samband som finns mellan olika arbetsfaktorer och hur dessa förhåller sig till att vara stolt över, och identifiera sig med, en organisation. De specifika faktorer som används är: hur attraktiv arbetsgivaren är, engagemang, samarbete, trivsel och acceptans av stress. Teorin som används är “Social Identity Theory”, Teorin om social identitet, vilken menar att alla strävar efter att vara en del av en grupp eller organisation och väl med, “in-group”, kommer man samarbeta, prestera och engageras i högre utsträckning. Uppsatsen är av kvantitativt format och analyserar ett svenskt fastighetsbolags medarbetarundersökning med 278 respondenter. Datan sekundäranalyseras eftersom för att det är dataekonomiskt men med en sekundäranalys finns även begränsningar, till exempel att frågorna inte går att ställa precis som man vill. Bi- och multivariata analyser samt test för multikollinearitet genomförs. De bivariata sambanden är generellt starka. Det gör att studiens hypoteser om att det finns ett samband mellan variabeln stolthet för företaget och variablerna employer brand samt samarbete som kan antas, medan övriga tre hypoteser inte kan bekräftas genom analysen. Däremot visar de multivariata analyserna att de samband som finns kvar med variabeln stolthet för företaget, efter stegvis prövning för mellanliggande variabler, endast kan påvisas för variablerna samarbete och employer brand (hur attraktiv de anställda anser arbetsgivaren vara). Det finns begränsat med svensk forskning i detta område och denna studie bidrar till både mer kunskap om svenska företag och hur identifiering skapas såväl som att den är en pusselbit till Social Identity Theory, vilket är en teori som är under konstruktion. The purpose is to understand the relationships between different work factors and how they relate to being proud of, and identify with, an organization. The specific factors used are: how attractive the employer is, pride, collaboration, well-being, and acceptance of stress. The theory used is Social Identity Theory, which means that everyone strives to be part of a group or organization, and when in-group, you will collaborate, perform and be engaged to a greater extent. This essay is quantitative and secondary analyzes a Swedish real estate company's employee survey with 278 respondents. The data is analyzed as it has data-economic benefits, but with a secondary analysis, there are also limitations, for example, that the questions cannot be set as desired by the thesis. Bivariate and multivariate analyses, as well as multicollinearity tests, are conducted. The bivariate relationships are generally strong. On the other hand, the multivariate analyses show that the relationships that remain with the variable pride of the company, after step-by-step testing for intermediate variables, only can be demonstrated with the variables collaboration and employer brand (how attractive the employees consider the employer to be). It confirms the study's hypotheses that there is a correlation between the variable pride of the company and the variables employer brand and collaboration, while the analysis cannot confirm the other three hypotheses. There is limited Swedish research in this area, and this study contributes to both more knowledge of Swedish companies and how identification is created as well as being a piece of the puzzle to Social Identity Theory, which is a theory under construction.
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- 2017
7. Sjuksköterskors upplevelse av hur den egna fysiska hälsan påverkar förmågan att vårda : En intervjustudie med sjuksköterskor inom ambulanssjukvård
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Carlsson, Beatrice and De Soysa, Marie
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sjuksköterska ,hållbarhet ,Omvårdnad ,ambulanssjukvård ,vårdförutsättningar ,förslitningsskador ,fysisk hälsa ,Nursing - Abstract
Att jobba inom pre-hospital vård, gör att ambulanspersonalen ställs för åtskilliga påfrestningar och några av dessa är ogynnsamma arbetsställningar, tunga lyft och även bergig och kuperad terräng. Kroppen utsätts nästan vid varje arbetspass för fysiska påfrestningar, som ofta är under obekväma arbetsställningar men även under viss tidspress. Ambulans-personalen ådrar sig ofta förslitningsskador, till skillnad från andra. Sjuksköterskorna förväntas ha en god uthållighet samt styrka både fysiskt och mentalt, för att klara av påfrestningar som yrket innebär och kräver. Nyanställda ska klara fysiska tester, men därefter så finns ingen uppföljning av fysiska hälsan, trots fysiskt krävande yrke. Syftet med studien är att beskriva sjuksköterskors upplevelse av hur den egna fysiska hälsan påverkan på förmågan att vårda. En kvalitativ design användes med empiriska intervjufrågor och induktiv ansats. Nio sjuksköterskor intervjuades inom ambulansorganisationer runtom i Sverige, både män och kvinnor. Det framkom av deltagarna att sjuksköterskorna inom ambulanssjukvård, ska möjliggöra en trygg patientvård och det är av vikt att sjuksköterskorna är i fysisk god hälsa och psykisk balans. För kraven som ställs på sjuksköterskorna i pre-hospital sjukvård är ett fysiskt krävande yrke och det främsta redskapet sjuksköterskan har, är sin egen kropp. Sjuksköterskorna upplever att fysisk hälsa hjälper dem med stresshantering, att det är mer alerta och kan klara sitt jobb på ett bättre sätt, genom att bli mer strukturerade i sina handlingar och mer stresstålig. Genom att hinna träna så upprätthåller sjuksköterskan inom ambulanssjukvård sin styrka, vilket förebygger uppkomsten av skador och man får en stark kroppskapacitet som ger en bra förutsättning för yrket.
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- 2017
8. Human Sera Collected between 1979 and 2010 Possess Blocking-Antibody Titers to Pandemic GII.4 Noroviruses Isolated over Three Decades
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Sharma, Sumit, Carlsson, Beatrice, Czako, Rita, Vene, Sirkka, Haglund, Mats, Ludvigsson, Johnny, Larson, Goran, Hammarstrom, Lennart, Sosnovtsev, Stanislav V., Atmar, Robert L., Green, Kim Y., Estes, Mary K., Svensson, Lennart, Sharma, Sumit, Carlsson, Beatrice, Czako, Rita, Vene, Sirkka, Haglund, Mats, Ludvigsson, Johnny, Larson, Goran, Hammarstrom, Lennart, Sosnovtsev, Stanislav V., Atmar, Robert L., Green, Kim Y., Estes, Mary K., and Svensson, Lennart
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The emergence of pandemic GII.4 norovirus (NoV) strains has been proposed to occur due to changes in receptor usage and thereby to lead to immune evasion. To address this hypothesis, we measured the ability of human sera collected between 1979 and 2010 to block glycan binding of four pandemic GII. 4 noroviruses isolated in the last 4 decades. In total, 268 sera were investigated for 50% blocking titer (BT50) values of virus-like particles (VLPs) against pig gastric mucin (PGM) using 4 VLPs that represent different GII. 4 norovirus variants identified between 1987 and 2012. Pre- and postpandemic sera (sera collected before and after isolation of the reference NoV strain) efficiently prevented binding of VLP strains MD145 (1987), Grimsby (1995), and Houston (2002), but not the Sydney (2012) strain, to PGM. No statistically significant difference in virus-blocking titers was observed between pre- and postpandemic sera. Moreover, paired sera showed that blocking titers of amp;gt;= 160 were maintained over a 6-year period against MD145, Grimsby, and Houston VLPs. Significantly higher serum blocking titers (geometric mean titer [GMT], 1,704) were found among IgA-deficient individuals than among healthy blood donors (GMT, 90.9) (P amp;lt; 0.0001). The observation that prepandemic sera possess robust blocking capacity for viruses identified decades later suggests a common attachment factor, at least until 2002. Our results indicate that serum IgG possesses antibody-blocking capacity and that blocking titers can be maintained for at least 6 years against 3 decades of pandemic GII. 4 NoV. IMPORTANCE Human noroviruses (NoVs) are the major cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide. Histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs) in saliva and gut recognize NoV and are the proposed ligands that facilitate infection. Polymorphisms in HBGA genes, and in particular a nonsense mutation in FUT2 (G428A), result in resistance to global dominating GII. 4 NoV. The emergence of new pandemic GII. 4 stra, Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council [320301, 8266]; Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
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- 2017
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9. Human Sera Collected between 1979 and 2010 Possess Blocking-Antibody Titers to Pandemic GII.4 Noroviruses Isolated over Three Decades
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Sharma, Sumit, primary, Carlsson, Beatrice, additional, Czakó, Rita, additional, Vene, Sirkka, additional, Haglund, Mats, additional, Ludvigsson, Johnny, additional, Larson, Göran, additional, Hammarström, Lennart, additional, Sosnovtsev, Stanislav V., additional, Atmar, Robert L., additional, Green, Kim Y., additional, Estes, Mary K., additional, and Svensson, Lennart, additional
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- 2017
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10. Human Caliciviruses: a study of viral evolution, host genetics and disease susceptibility
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Carlsson, Beatrice
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Medicin och hälsovetenskap ,viruses ,Medical and Health Sciences - Abstract
The viruses described in this thesis are the norovirus and sapoviruses, which belong to the family of human caliciviruses and are known to cause gastroenteritis in humans. Gastroenteritis has emerged as a global health problem and is based on the large number of infected considered as one of the most common diseases today. According to estimates of the World Health Organization (WHO), gastroenteritis causes over five times more pediatric deaths compared to pediatric deaths caused by HIV/AIDS worldwide. Norovirus, the cause of the famous “winter vomiting disease”, is alone responsible for more than 200 000 deaths each year in children less than 5 years of age. The mechanism for emergence and evolution of new human calicivirus strains, as well as protective immunity in the human population is poorly understood. The main focus for this thesis was to elucidate the possible correlation between human calicivirus evolution, host genetics and disease susceptibility. One of the main findings presented in this thesis is the documentation of in vivo capsid gene evolution and quasispecies dynamics during chronic NoV GI.3 infection (Paper 1). In paper II, we reported that the G428A nonsense mutation in the FUT2 gene provides strong but not absolute protection against symptomatic GII.4 NoV infection. In my last two papers (Paper III and IV), we were the first to investigate host genetic susceptibility factors during authentic SaV infection. To summarize, the results presented in this thesis show that the success of human calicivirus infection probably is determined by a delicate interplay between virus evolution and susceptibility of the host, both genetically and immunologically.
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- 2012
11. Polymorphisms in Chemokine Receptor 5 and Toll-Like Receptor 3 Genes Are Risk Factors for Clinical Tick-Borne Encephalitis in the Lithuanian Population
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Mickiene, Aukse, Pakalniene, Jolita, Nordgren, Johan, Carlsson, Beatrice, Hagbom, Marie, Svensson, Lennart, Lindquist, Lars, Mickiene, Aukse, Pakalniene, Jolita, Nordgren, Johan, Carlsson, Beatrice, Hagbom, Marie, Svensson, Lennart, and Lindquist, Lars
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Background: Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) infections can be asymptomatic or cause moderate to severe injuries of the nervous system. We previously reported that a nonfunctional chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) and a functional Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) predispose adults to clinical tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). This study expands our previous findings and further examines polymorphisms in CCR5 and TLR3 genes in different age and disease severity groups. Methods: 117 children and 129 adults, stratified into mild, moderate and severe forms of TBE, and 103 adults with severe TBE were analyzed. 135 healthy individuals and 79 patients with aseptic meningoencephalitis served as controls. CCR5 delta 32 and rs3775291 TLR3 genotypes were established by pyrosequencing, and their frequencies were analyzed using recessive genetic, genotype and allelic models. Findings: The prevalence of CCR5 Delta 32 homozygotes was higher in children (2.5%), in adults with severe TBE (1.9%), and in the combined cohort of TBE patients (2.3%) than in controls (0%) (pless than0.05). The nonfunctional homozygous TLR3 genotype was less prevalent among the combined TBE cohort (11.5%) than among controls (19.9%) (p = 0.025), but did not differ between children TBE and controls. The genotype and allele prevalence of CCR5 and TLR3 did not differ in children nor adult TBE cohorts stratified by disease severity. However, in the severe adult TBE cohort, homozygous functional TLR3 genotype and wt allele were less prevalent compared to the adult cohort with the whole disease severity spectrum (44.4% vs 59.8% p = 0.022 and 65.2% vs 76.4% p = 0.009; respectively). Conclusions: Independently of age, nonfunctional CCR5D32 mutation is a significant risk factor for development of clinical TBE, but not for disease severity. The polymorphism of TLR3 gene predisposes to clinical TBE in adults only and may be associated with disease severity. Further studies are needed to clarify the role of these polymorphisms, Funding Agencies|Research Council of Lithuania [MIP-11174]; Swedish Research Council [3485]
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12. Polymorphisms in Chemokine Receptor 5 and Toll-Like Receptor 3 Genes Are Risk Factors for Clinical Tick-Borne Encephalitis in the Lithuanian Population
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Mickienė, Auksė, primary, Pakalnienė, Jolita, additional, Nordgren, Johan, additional, Carlsson, Beatrice, additional, Hagbom, Marie, additional, Svensson, Lennart, additional, and Lindquist, Lars, additional
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- 2014
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13. The G428A nonsense mutation in FUT2 provides strong but not absolute protection against symptomatic GII.4 Norovirus infection.
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Carlsson, Beatrice, Kindberg, Elin, Buesa, Javier, Rydell, Gustaf E, Lidón, Marta Fos, Montava, Rebeca, Abu Mallouh, Reem, Grahn, Ammi, Rodríguez-Díaz, Jesús, Bellido, Juan, Arnedo, Alberto, Larson, Göran, Svensson, Lennart, Carlsson, Beatrice, Kindberg, Elin, Buesa, Javier, Rydell, Gustaf E, Lidón, Marta Fos, Montava, Rebeca, Abu Mallouh, Reem, Grahn, Ammi, Rodríguez-Díaz, Jesús, Bellido, Juan, Arnedo, Alberto, Larson, Göran, and Svensson, Lennart
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In November 2004, 116 individuals in an elderly nursing home in El Grao de Castellón, Spain were symptomatically infected with genogroup II.4 (GII.4) norovirus. The global attack rate was 54.2%. Genotyping of 34 symptomatic individuals regarding the FUT2 gene revealed that one patient was, surprisingly, a non-secretor, hence indicating secretor-independent infection. Lewis genotyping revealed that Lewis-positive and negative individuals were susceptible to symptomatic norovirus infection indicating that Lewis status did not predict susceptibility. Saliva based ELISA assays were used to determine binding of the outbreak virus to saliva samples. Saliva from a secretor-negative individual bound the authentic outbreak GII.4 Valencia/2004/Es virus, but did not in contrast to secretor-positive saliva bind VLP of other strains including the GII.4 Dijon strain. Amino acid comparison of antigenic A and B sites located on the external loops of the P2 domain revealed distinct differences between the Valencia/2004/Es and Dijon strains. All three aa in each antigenic site as well as 10/11 recently identified evolutionary hot spots, were unique in the Valencia/2004/Es strain compared to the Dijon strain. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of symptomatic GII.4 norovirus infection of a Le(a+b-) individual homozygous for the G428A nonsense mutation in FUT2. Taken together, our study provides new insights into the host genetic susceptibility to norovirus infections and evolution of the globally dominating GII.4 viruses., Original Publication: Beatrice Carlsson, Elin Kindberg, Javier Buesa, Gustaf E Rydell, Marta Fos Lidón, Rebeca Montava, Reem Abu Mallouh, Ammi Grahn, Jesús Rodríguez-Díaz, Juan Bellido, Alberto Arnedo, Göran Larson and Lennart Svensson, The G428A nonsense mutation in FUT2 provides strong but not absolute protection against symptomatic GII.4 Norovirus infection., 2009, PLoS ONE, (4), 5, e5593. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005593 Licensed under Creative Commons
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14. Quasispecies dynamics and molecular evolution of human norovirus capsid P region during chronic infection
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Carlsson, Beatrice, Lindberg, A. Michael, Rodrigues-Díaz, Jesus, Hedlund, Kjell-Olof, Persson, Bengt, Svensson, Lennart, Carlsson, Beatrice, Lindberg, A. Michael, Rodrigues-Díaz, Jesus, Hedlund, Kjell-Olof, Persson, Bengt, and Svensson, Lennart
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In this novel study, we have for the first time identified evolutionarily conserved capsid residues in an individual chronically infected with norovirus (GGII.3). From 2000 to 2003, a total of 147 P1-1 and P2 capsid sequences were sequenced and investigated for evolutionarily conserved and functionally important residues by the evolutionary trace (ET) algorithm. The ET algorithm revealed more absolutely conserved residues (ACR) in the P1-1 domain (47/53, 88 %) as compared with the P2 domain (86/133, 64 %). The capsid P1-1 and P2 domains evolved in time-dependent manner, with a distinct break point observed between autumn/winter of year 2000 (isolates P1, P3 and P5) and spring to autumn of year 2001 (isolates P11, P13 and P15), which presumably coincided with a change of clinical symptoms. Furthermore, the ET analysis revealed a similar receptor-binding pattern as reported for Norwalk and VA387 strains, with the CS-4 and CS-5 patch (Norwalk strain) including residues 329 and 377 and residues 306 and 310, respectively, all being ACR in all partitions. Most interesting was that residues 343, 344, 345, 374, 390 and 391 of the proposed receptor A and B trisaccharide binding site (VA387 strain) within the P2 domain remained ACR in all partitions, presumably because there was no selective advantage to alter the histo blood group antigens (HBGA) receptor binding specificity. In conclusion, this study provides novel insights to the evolutionary process of norovirus during chronic infection.
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15. Pediatric norovirus diarrhea in Nicaragua
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Bucardo, Filemon, Nordgren, Johan, Carlsson, Beatrice, Paniagua, Margarita, Lindgren, Per-Eric, Espinoza, Felix, Svensson, Lennart, Bucardo, Filemon, Nordgren, Johan, Carlsson, Beatrice, Paniagua, Margarita, Lindgren, Per-Eric, Espinoza, Felix, and Svensson, Lennart
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Information about norovirus (NoV) infections in Central America is limited. Through a passive community and hospital pediatric diarrhea surveillance program, a total of 542 stool samples were collected between March 2005 and February 2006 in León, Nicaragua. NoV was detected in 12% (65/542) of the children; of these, 11% (45/409) were in the community and 15% (20/133) were in the hospital, with most strains (88%) belonging to genogroup II. NoV infections were age and gender associated, with children of <2 years of age (P < 0.05) and girls (P < 0.05) being most affected. Breast-feeding did not reduce the number of NoV infections. An important proportion (57%) of NoV-infected children were coinfected with diarrheagenic Escherichia coli. A significant proportion (18/31) of NoV-positive children with dehydration required intravenous rehydration. Nucleotide sequence analysis (38/65) of the N-terminal and shell region in the capsid gene revealed that at least six genotypes (GI.4, GII.2, GII.4, GII.7, GII.17, and a potentially novel cluster termed "GII.18-Nica") circulated during the study period, with GII.4 virus being predominant (26/38). The majority (20/26) of those GII.4 strains shared high nucleotide homology (99%) with the globally emerging Hunter strain. The mean viral load was approximately 15-fold higher in children infected with GII.4 virus than in those infected with other G.II viruses, with the highest viral load observed for the group of children infected with GII.4 and requiring intravenous rehydration. This study, the first of its type from a Central American country, suggests that NoV is an important etiological agent of acute diarrhea among children of <2 years of age in Nicaragua.
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16. Asymptomatic Norovirus Infections in Nicaraguan Children and its Association With Viral Properties and Histo-blood Group Antigens
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Bucardo, Filemon, primary, Nordgren, Johan, additional, Carlsson, Beatrice, additional, Kindberg, Elin, additional, Paniagua, Margarita, additional, Möllby, Roland, additional, and Svensson, Lennart, additional
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- 2010
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17. The G428A Nonsense Mutation in FUT2 Provides Strong but Not Absolute Protection against Symptomatic GII.4 Norovirus Infection
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Carlsson, Beatrice, primary, Kindberg, Elin, additional, Buesa, Javier, additional, Rydell, Gustaf E., additional, Lidón, Marta Fos, additional, Montava, Rebeca, additional, Mallouh, Reem Abu, additional, Grahn, Ammi, additional, Rodríguez-Díaz, Jesús, additional, Bellido, Juan, additional, Arnedo, Alberto, additional, Larson, Göran, additional, and Svensson, Lennart, additional
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- 2009
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18. Quasispecies dynamics and molecular evolution of human norovirus capsid P region during chronic infection
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Carlsson, Beatrice, primary, Lindberg, A. Michael, additional, Rodriguez-Díaz, Jesús, additional, Hedlund, Kjell-Olof, additional, Persson, Bengt, additional, and Svensson, Lennart, additional
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- 2009
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19. Pediatric Norovirus Diarrhea in Nicaragua
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Bucardo, Filemon, primary, Nordgren, Johan, additional, Carlsson, Beatrice, additional, Paniagua, Margarita, additional, Lindgren, Per-Eric, additional, Espinoza, Felix, additional, and Svensson, Lennart, additional
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- 2008
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20. Susceptibility to symptomatic sapovirus infection in Denmark is not associated with secretor or Lewis status
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Carlsson, Beatrice, Larson, Göran, Böttiger, Blenda, Svensson, Lennart, Carlsson, Beatrice, Larson, Göran, Böttiger, Blenda, and Svensson, Lennart
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Background. Sapovirus (SaV) infections are increasing globally but there is no information available regarding factors determining susceptibility to SaV infections in the Caucasian population. Methods. Saliva samples were collected from 64 individuals with sapovirus gastroenteritis in Denmark between October 2008 and November 2010. These were genotyped for the FUT2 G428A nonsense mutation (secretor status) and phenotyped for ABO and Lewis histo-blood groups. Results. We found that neither secretor status nor Lewis phenotype, were associated with susceptibility to symptomatic infection with SaV. However, individuals of histo-blood groups B and AB had significantly lower risk to be infected (OR 0.18, p≤0.01 and OR 0.10, p<0.05, respectively). For 39 of the 64 SaV positive samples viral strains were genotyped and 41%, (16/39) belonged to genotype GI.2, 10% was GI.1 (4/39), 2.5% was GI.5 (1/39), 8% was GII.1 (3/39), 5% was GII.4 (2/39), 18% was GIV (7/39) and 15.5% was GV (6/39). Conclusion. This is the first report investigating the role of host genetic factors in SaV susceptibility in the Caucasian population. We found a reduced risk of infection in individuals with blood group B (and AB), but no association to the FUT2 G428A nonsense mutation determining secretor status nor to the Lewis status.
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