Susceptibility to primary Epstein-Barr virus infection is associated with interleukin-10 gene promoter polymorphism

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 777-780

  Helminen, Merja E ^a   Kilpinen, Sanna ^b   Virta, Miia ^b   Hurme, Mikko ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CODON; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FETAL BLOOD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-10; ODDS RATIO; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0035884670     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322987     Document Type: Article

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