Role of tumor necrosis factor gene single nucleotide polymorphisms in the natural course of 2009 influenza A H1N1 virus infection

Anastasia Antonopoulou, Fotini Baziaka, Maria Raftogiannis, Pantelis Koutoukas, Aikaterini Spyridaki, Maria Mouktaroudi, Antigone Kotsaki, Athina Savva, Marianna Georgitsi, Evangelos J. Giamarellos‐Bourboulis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2012 · 42 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

The -238 A SNP allele of the TNF gene imposes on the course of 2009 H1N1 virus infection and is an independent risk factor for pneumonia.

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