Genetic Susceptibility to Norovirus GII.4 Sydney Strain Infections in Taiwanese Children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 353-357

  Tu, Li Tzu ^a   Liu, Fu Ping ^a   Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,b   Huang, Chung Guei ^a,c   Yang, Shuan ^c   Tsao, Kuo Chien ^a,c   Lai, Ming Wei ^b   Chen, Chih Jung ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ABO types; FUT2; FUT3; genetic susceptibility; Lewis antigen; norovirus; secretor status; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ABO PROTEIN; FUT2 PROTEIN; FUT3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CAMPYLOBACTER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MIXED INFECTION; NONSENSE MUTATION; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAIWANESE; VOMITING; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN;

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NOROVIRUS; TAIWAN;

EID: 85002044985     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001446     Document Type: Article

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