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Volume 21, Number 11—November 2015
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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, and Gaël BelliotComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National Reference Center for Enteric Viruses, Dijon, France (S. Ayouni, A. de Rougemont, M. Estienney, K. Ambert-Balay, P. Pothier, G. Belliot); Monastir University, Monastir, Tunisia (S. Ayouni, K. Sdiri-Loulizi, M. Aouni); Public Hospital of Dijon, Dijon (S. Aho); Hospital Fattouma Bourguiba, Monastir (S. Hamami, M. Neji-Guediche)

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Table 2

Distribution of ABO blood groups and Lewis antigens among 32 children <6 years of age infected with various rotavirus strains in Monastir, Tunisia, November 2011–February 2012*

Isolated rotavirus strain, patient FUT2 genotype No. patients by ABO blood group and Lewis antigen status†
 No. nonsecretor patients
O
 A
 B
 AB
Le+ Le− Le+ Le− Le+ Le− Le+ Le− Le+ Le−
G9P[8] 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0
Se/Se 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Se/se 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
se/se
 0
 0
0
 0
0
 0
0
 0
3
 0
G3P[8] 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Se/Se 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Se/se 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
se/se
 0
 0
0
 0
0
 0
0
 0
1
 0
G1P[8] 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Se/Se 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Se/se
 4
 0
2
 0
0
 0
0
 0
0
 0
G4P[8] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Se/se
 0
 0
1
 0
0
 0
0
 0
0
 0
G2P[4] 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Se/Se
 1
 0
0
 0
0
 0
0
 0
0
 0
P[8] 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Se/Se
 0
 0
1
 0
0
 0
0
 0
0
 0
Total 12 0 10 0 4 0 2 0 4 0
Se/Se 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
Se/se 9 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
se/se 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0

*Le+, positive for Lewis antigen; Le−, negative for Lewis antigen; Se/Se, homozygous secretor; Se/se, heterozygous secretor; se/se, nonsecretor.
†Human blood group antigen distribution was determined by using a typing assay with saliva samples.

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