Rotavirus P[8] Infections in Persons with Secretor and Nonsecretor Phenotypes, Tunisia.
To determine whether rotavirus infections are linked to secretor status, we studied samples from children in Tunisia with gastroenteritis. We phenotyped saliva for human blood group antigens and tested feces for rotavirus. Rotavirus was detected in 32/114 patients. Secretor genotyping showed that P[8] rotavirus infected secretors and nonsecretors, and infection correlated with presence of Lewis antigen.
Siwar
S
Ayouni
Khira
K
Sdiri-Loulizi
Alexis
A
de Rougemont
Marie
M
Estienney
Katia
K
Ambert-Balay
Serge
S
Aho
Sabeur
S
Hamami
Mahjoub
M
Aouni
Mohamed
M
Neji-Guediche
Pierre
P
Pothier
Gaël
G
Belliot
D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D014416:Tunisia
HBGA; Lewis antigen; Tunisia; children; gastroenteritis; human blood group antigens; nonsecretor; rotavirus; rotavirus P[8]; secretor; viruses