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SUBMITTER: Jin M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3589376 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jin Miao M He Yaqing Y Li Huiying H Huang Pengwei P Zhong Weiming W Yang Hong H Zhang Hailong H Tan Ming M Duan Zhao-jun ZJ
PloS one 20130305 3
Noroviruses (NoVs) cause epidemic acute gastroenteritis, in which histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs) may play an important role in the host susceptibility. To further explore this issue, two outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis caused by a GII.4 and a GII.3 NoV, respectively, in China in 2009 were studied. Stool and saliva samples from symptomatic patients and water samples from the outbreak facilities were collected. RT-PCR showed that 23 out of 33 (GII.4 outbreak) and 12 out of 13 (GII.3outbreak ...[more]