Open AccessEffects of Child and Maternal Histo-Blood Group Antigen Status on Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Enteric Infections in Early Childhood
Author(s) -
Josh M. Colston,
Ruthly François,
Nora Pisanic,
Pablo Peñataro Yori,
Benjamin McCormick,
Maribel Paredes Olórtegui,
Amran Gazi,
Erling Svensen,
Minhajuddin Ahmed,
Esto Mduma,
Jie Liu,
Eric R. Houpt,
Robert Klapheke,
Julia Schwarz,
Robert L. Atmar,
Robert E. Black,
Margaret Kosek
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jiz072
Subject(s) - diarrhea , rotavirus , asymptomatic , medicine , immunology , enterotoxigenic escherichia coli , feces , campylobacter , hazard ratio , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , biology , enterotoxin , microbiology and biotechnology , escherichia coli , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , physics , optics , gene
Histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs) such as fucosyltransferase (FUT)2 and 3 may act as innate host factors that differentially influence susceptibility of individuals and their offspring to pediatric enteric infections.