Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2015)

Rotavirus P[8] Infections in Persons with Secretor and Nonsecretor Phenotypes, Tunisia

  • Siwar Ayouni,
  • Khira Sdiri-Loulizi,
  • Alexis de Rougemont,
  • Marie Estienney,
  • Katia Ambert-Balay,
  • Serge Aho,
  • Sabeur Hamami,
  • Mahjoub Aouni,
  • Mohamed Neji-Guediche,
  • Pierre Pothier,
  • Gaël Belliot

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.141901
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 11
pp. 2055 – 2058

Abstract

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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.

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