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Genetic Susceptibility to Norovirus GII.4 Sydney Strain Infections in Taiwanese Children.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Apr 2017
Tu Li-Tzu, Liu Fu-Ping, Huang Yhu-Chering, Huang Chung-Guei, Yang Shuan, Tsao Kuo-Chien, Lai Ming-Wei, Chen Chih-Jung
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BACKGROUND: A comprehensive evaluation of associations between the susceptibility to norovirus infections and histo-blood group antigens is not available in the Taiwanese population, in which the nonsecretor phenotype is absent. METHODS: A 1:1 matched case-control study was conducted in northern Taiwan from February 2013 to December 2014 when an epidemic of norovirus infection occurred. Cases were children <18...
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