Rs601338(A;A)

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resistance to Norwalk virus infection
is agenotype
ofrs601338
mentionedby
Magnitude2.1
Genotypes Magnitude Summary
Rs601338(A;A) 2.12.1 resistance to Norwalk virus infection
Rs601338(A;G) 00 normal response to Norwalk
Rs601338(G;G) 00 normal response to Norwalk

A study of 115 Swedish adults concluded that this genotype confers genetic immunity to infection by the Norwalk norovirus, a major (and contagious) cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide.(PMID 12692541) (PMID 16306606)