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Oligoadenylate synthetase 3 S381R gene polymorphism is associated with severity of EV71 infection in Chinese children.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Apr 2018
Liu Yedan, Liu Peipei, Liu Shihai, Guo Ya, He Hongfang, Yang Chengqing, Song Jie, Zhang Na, Cheng Jianguo, Chen Zongbo
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BACKGROUND: Oligoadenylate synthetase 3 (OAS3) is interferon-induced antiviral enzyme, playing a significant role in the innate immune response. Genetic polymorphism in OAS3 gene has been reported to be a susceptibility factor in many infected diseases, but evidence of its effect on enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection is still lacking. OBJECTIVES: An attempt study was made to investigate whether genetic polymorphism...
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