Article
High producing tumor necrosis factor alpha gene alleles in protection against severe manifestations of dengue.
International journal of medical sciences - 1 Jan 2015
Sam Sing-Sin, Teoh Boon-Teong, Chinna Karuthan, AbuBakar Sazaly
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Dengue virus (DENV) infection usually presents with mild self-limiting dengue fever (DF). Few however, would present with the more severe form of the disease, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS). In the present study, the association between IL-12B, IL-10 and TNF-α gene polymorphisms and dengue severity was investigated. METHODS: A case-control study was performed on a total...
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