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No Major Host Genetic Risk Factor Contributed to A(H1N1)2009 Influenza Severity.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Garcia-Etxebarria Koldo, Bracho María Alma, Galán Juan Carlos, Pumarola Tomàs, Castilla Jesús, Ortiz de Lejarazu Raúl, Rodríguez-Dominguez Mario, Quintela Inés, Bonet Núria, Garcia-Garcerà Marc, Domínguez Angela, González-Candelas Fernando, Calafell Francesc
Abstract excerpt
While most patients affected by the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic experienced mild symptoms, a small fraction required hospitalization, often without concomitant factors that could explain such a severe course. We hypothesize that host genetic factors could contribute to aggravate the disease. To test this hypothesis, we compared the allele frequencies of 547,296 genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)...
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