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Association analysis of polymorphisms in OAS1 with susceptibility and severity of hand, foot and mouth disease.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Oct 2014
Cai Y, Chen Q, Zhou W, Chu C, Ji W, Ding Y, Xu J, Ji Z, You H, Wang J
Abstract excerpt
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common childhood illness that mainly affects Asian children under the age of 5 years. Human enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) are the most common pathogens of HFMD. It is imperative that the susceptible population is screened early and that the severe illness population can be identified via genetic variation detection in children. Four single-nucleotide...
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