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TNF-α promoter polymorphism: a factor contributing to the different immunological and clinical phenotypes in Japanese encephalitis.
BMC infectious diseases - 26 Jan 2012
Pujhari Sujit Kumar, Ratho Radha Kanta, Prabhakar Sudesh, Mishra Baijayantimala, Modi Manish
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: More than three billion populations are living under the threat of Japanese encephalitis in South East Asian (SEA) countries including India. The pathogenesis of this disease is not clearly understood and is probably attributed to genomic variations in viral strains as well as the host genetic makeup. The present study is to determine the role of polymorphism of TNF-alpha promoter regions at positions...
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