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Influence of the combined ABO, FUT2, and FUT3 polymorphism on susceptibility to Norwalk virus attachment.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Sept 2005
Marionneau Séverine, Airaud Fabrice, Bovin Nicolai V, Le Pendu Jacques, Ruvoën-Clouet Nathalie
Abstract excerpt
The binding of Norwalk virus (NV) recombinant capsids was tested in a panel of saliva samples collected from 96 donors with different ABO, secretor, and Lewis phenotypes. As previously reported, binding occurred specifically to saliva from secretors, regardless of their Lewis phenotype status. Blood group B saliva was poorly recognized, whereas binding to blood group O saliva was higher and binding to blood group...
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