1. Innate Resistance and Susceptibility to Norovirus Infection.
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Nordgren, Johan, Sharma, Sumit, Kambhampati, Anita, Lopman, Ben, and Svensson, Lennart
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NOROVIRUS diseases ,GASTROENTERITIS ,DISEASE susceptibility ,NOROVIRUSES ,SECRETOR system (Physiology) ,ANTIGENS - Abstract
The article discusses a study which examines the resistance and susceptibility of humans to norovirus infection, which is recognized as the leading cause of gastroenteritis in children and adults. Topics include the intermediary factors that affect susceptibility including secretor status affecting gut microbiota composition, the interaction of noroviruses with secretor status and the diverse secretor and non-secretor human histo-blood group antigens that increased susceptibility.
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- 2016
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