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Genetic susceptibility to norovirus GII.3 and GII.4 infections in Chinese pediatric diarrheal disease.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Nov 2014
Liu Pengbo, Wang Xiaoqin, Lee Joong-Chul, Teunis Peter, Hu Senke, Paradise Helen Tang, Moe Christine
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Noroviruses (NoVs) are a leading cause of viral diarrhea in young children. Secretor status has been confirmed to be linked with Norwalk virus (NoV GI.1) infection but there is limited information about whether secretor genotypes are associated with pediatric NoV epidemic strains in vivo. METHODS: In this study, fecal specimens and serum samples were collected from 124 hospitalized children with acute...
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