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Genetic variants associated with susceptibility of Ashkenazi Jews to West Nile virus infection.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Mar 2015
Danial-Farran N, Eghbaria S, Schwartz N, Kra-Oz Z, Bisharat N
Abstract excerpt
The epidemiology of West Nile virus (WNV) in Israel is different from other neighbouring countries in the Middle East where disease burden has been minimal. We analysed a cohort of Ashkenazi Jewish patients with symptomatic WNV infection (n = 39), and WNV-negative controls (n = 61), for nine genetic variants that has been suggested to be associated with susceptibility to WNV. Two single nucleotide polymorphisms...
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