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SP-A1, SP-A2 and SP-D gene polymorphisms in severe acute respiratory syncytial infection in Chilean infants.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2011
Ampuero Sandra, Luchsinger Vivian, Tapia Lorena, Palomino María Angélica, Larrañaga Carmen E
Abstract excerpt
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the principal pathogen that causes acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) in infants. Severe RSV-ALRI has been associated with the host genetic susceptibility. To assess whether severe RSV disease in infants is associated with certain single nucleotide...
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