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Norwalk virus infection associates with secretor status genotyped from sera.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2005
Hutson Anne M, Airaud Fabrice, LePendu Jacques, Estes Mary K, Atmar Robert L
Abstract excerpt
ABO histo-blood group type and secretor status are two genetically determined factors that contribute to resistance and susceptibility to Norwalk virus (NV). Archived serum samples but not saliva samples are available from NV and many other norovirus challenge studies and outbreaks. A person's ABO phenotype is easily determined from their archived sera, but the individual's secretor phenotype cannot easily be...
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