Comment in:
Nosocomial outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis and investigation of ABO histo-blood group type in infected staff and patients.
Meyer E, Ebner W, Scholz R, Dettenkofer M, Daschner FD.
Institute for Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, Freiburg University Hospital, Hugstetterstr. 55, Freiburg 79106, Germany. smeyer@iuk3.ukl.uni-freiburg.de
The blood groups were analysed of staff and patients (N=45) infected during two nosocomial outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis at a German University hospital. Persons with O phenotype were significantly less affected than was expected from the normal distribution of blood group types in Southwest Germany (OR 2.45; 95% CI 1.22-4.95; P=0.01).
PMID: 14706273 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]