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Rotavirus P[8] Infections in Persons with Secretor and Nonsecretor Phenotypes, Tunisia
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 11, Pp 2055-2058 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015.
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Abstract
- To determine whether rotavirus infections are linked to secretor status, we studied samples from children in Tunisia with gastroenteritis. We phenotyped saliva for human blood group antigens and tested feces for rotavirus. Rotavirus was detected in 32/114 patients. Secretor genotyping showed that P[8] rotavirus infected secretors and nonsecretors, and infection correlated with presence of Lewis antigen.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.61a6f2c093fa4071891558151a8f519c
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.141901