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Association of FcγRIIa Polymorphism with Clinical Outcome of Dengue Infection: First Insight from Pakistan.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Oct 2015
Mohsin Saima Naz, Mahmood Saqib, Amar Ali, Ghafoor Farkhanda, Raza Syed Mohsin, Saleem Mahjabeen
Abstract excerpt
Dengue illness has been a major health concern in Pakistan during the last decade. Dengue infection can result in a spectrum of clinically distinct outcomes, ranging from asymptomatic infection to potentially life-threatening forms of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS). A single-nucleotide polymorphism in FcγRIIa (rs1801274) results in altered affinity of the receptor for different...
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