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TNFandLTAGene, Allele, and Extended HLA Haplotype Associations with Severe Dengue Virus Infection in Ethnic Thais
24 Apr 2009
Abstract excerpt
Severe dengue virus (DENV) infection is characterized by a cascade of cytokine production, including the production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and lymphotoxin-alpha (LT-alpha). We have analyzed a variety of polymorphisms in the TNF and LTA genes of 435 ethnic Thais who had subclinical DENV infection, primary or secondary dengue fever (DF), or primary or secondary dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)....
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