While the epidemic of gastroenteritis affects the whole of France, some are more likely to escape from it than others. And in addition to the usual precautions, it is the blood group that could play.
Like every year, the gastroenteritis epidemic is spreading across France. Occitania is one of the most affected regions.
The map of France of the gastroenteritis epidemic.
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Highly contagious virus
You should know that a person who has caught the gastroenteritis virus is contagious the day before the first symptoms appear, and this up to three days after their disappearance.
But where it is uncontrollable is that the virus is resistant for ten days on the objects where it is found. This is what makes the disease extremely contagious. This is why hygiene is very important to avoid getting sick.
Group B “more protected”
But some people would be less at risk than others in the population. According to Swedish researchers in a study published a few months ago in MDPI, those who have a type B blood group.
Indeed, from 29 strains of virus that transmit gastroenteritis, the researchers demonstrated that the virus develops on cells thanks to a sugar called the H1 antigen, as TopSanté specifies.
Blood group B does not have this antigen. The other groups O, A and AB have it, however. People with a B blood group would therefore be more resistant and less likely to get gastroenteritis. But they can still be sick.
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