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Association of 17q12-q21 Asthma Risk Locus with Clinical Severity of Infant Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection.
Biomolecules - 22 Jul 2025
Turi Kedir N, McKennan Christopher, Rosas-Salazar Christian, Gebretsedik Tebeb, Newcomb Dawn C, Thompson Emma E, Gern James, Chappell James, Anderson Larry, Ober Carole, Hartert Tina
Abstract excerpt
This study examined whether SNPs at the 17q12-q21 locus that are associated with childhood asthma are also associated with severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and viral load. We conducted a candidate SNP association study in the subset of RSV-infected infants who were parent-identified as White (n = 159) in the INSPIRE cohort. Nine SNPs at the 17q12-q21 locus were genotyped. We used an additive...
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