Table 1 List of the individuals involved in the present study, specifying gender, age, ABO blood group, secretor status based on the FUT2 gene analysis, Lewis phenotype and faecal NoV shedding detected by RT-PCR

1

+

F

63

A

Se + Se+

Le^a+Le^b+/Le^x-Le^y+

+

2

-

M

64

A

se-se-

Le^a+Le^b-/Le^x+Le^y-

+

3

+

F

28

O

Se + se-

Le^a+Le^b+/Le^x-Le^y+

+

4

+

M

37

A

Se + se-

Le^a+Le^b+/Le^x-Le^y+

ND

5

-

F

8

A

se-se-

Le^a+Le^b-/Le^x+Le^y-

ND

6

-

M

34

O

Se + se-

Le^a+Le^b+/Le^x-Le^y+

ND

7

-

F

39

A

Se + se-

Le^a+Le^b+/Le^x-Le^y+

ND

8

-

M

47

B

Se + Se+

Le^a+Le^b+/Le^x-Le^y+

ND