TY - JOUR AU - Bucardo, Filemón AU - Carlsson, Beatrice AU - Nordgren, Johan AU - Larson, Göran AU - Blandon, Patricia AU - Vilchez, Samuel AU - Svensson, Lennart T1 - Susceptibility of Children to Sapovirus Infections, Nicaragua, 2005–2006 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 11 SP - 1875 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe the genetic diversity of sapovirus (SaV) in children in Nicaragua and investigate the role of host genetic factors and susceptibility to SaV infections. Our results indicate that neither ABO blood group, Lewis phenotype, nor secretor status affects susceptibility to SaV infection in Nicaragua. KW - sapovirus infections KW - children KW - Nicaragua KW - Lewis or secretor status KW - ABO blood group KW - viruses KW - sapovirus KW - disease suscceptibility KW - fucosyltransferase 2 gene DO - 10.3201/eid1811.111581 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/11/11-1581_article ER - End of Reference