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The association of RANTES polymorphism with severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong and Beijing Chinese.
BMC infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2007
Ng Man Wai, Zhou Gangqiao, Chong Wai Po, Lee Loretta Wing Yan, Law Helen Ka Wai, Zhang Hongxing, Wong Wilfred Hing Sang, Fok Susanna Fung Shan, Zhai Yun, Yung Raymond W H, Chow Eudora Y, Au Ka Leung, Chan Eric Y T, Lim Wilina, Peiris J S Malik, He Fuchu, Lau Yu Lung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chemokines play important roles in inflammation and antiviral action. We examined whether polymorphisms of RANTES, IP-10 and Mig affect the susceptibility to and outcome of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). METHODS: We tested the polymorphisms of RANTES, IP-10 and Mig for their associations with SARS in 495 Hong Kong Chinese SARS patients and 578 controls. Then we tried to confirm the results...
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