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Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genes in four human West Nile virus infections reported 2011 in the Republic of Macedonia.
Human immunology - 1 Mar 2013
Spiroski Mirko, Milenkovic Zvonko, Petlichkovski Aleksandar, Ivanovski Ljubomir, Topuzovska Irena Kondova, Djulejic Eli
Abstract excerpt
West Nile virus (WNV) is a neurotropic, arthropod-borne flavivirus that is maintained in an enzootic cycle between mosquitoes and birds, but can also infect and cause disease in horses and humans. The aim of this study was to examine KIR gene polymorphisms by determining the frequencies of 16 KIR genes and pseudogenes and KIR genotypes in Macedonian patients with West Nile virus infection, and to compare with...
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