rs601338(A;A)
From SNPedia
| resistance to Norovirus infection |
| Is a | genotype |
| of | rs601338 |
| Gene | FUT2, LOC105447645 |
| Chromosome | 19 |
| Position | 48,703,417 |
| mentioned | by |
| Magnitude | 2.5 |
| Repute | Good |
| Geno | Mag | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| (A;A) | 2.5 | resistance to Norovirus infection |
| (A;G) | 0.1 | susceptible to Norovirus infections |
| (G;G) | 0.1 | susceptible to Norovirus infections |
This genotype confers genetic immunity to infection by the Norwalk norovirus, a major (and contagious) cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide.[PMID 12692541] [PMID 16306606]
