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Correlation of an interleukin-4 gene polymorphism with susceptibility to severe enterovirus 71 infection in Chinese children.
Archives of virology - 1 Apr 2015
Li Fei, Liu Xiang-Ping, Li Ji-An, Han Zhen-Liang, Liu Pei-Pei, Wang Yuan-Yuan, Song Long, Chen Zong-Bo
Abstract excerpt
Enterovirus 71 (EV71) has caused many outbreaks of diseases among children worldwide since it was first reported in 1974, but its mechanism of pathogenesis remains unclear. This study was designed to investigate the possible association of the IL-4 -589C/T gene polymorphism with severity of EV71...
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