Relevance of gamma interferon, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and interleukin-10 gene polymorphisms to susceptibility to Mediterranean spotted fever

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 811-815

  Forte, Giusi Irma ^a   Scola, Letizia ^a   Misiano, Gabriella ^a   Milano, Salvatore ^a   Mansueto, Pasquale ^a   Vitale, Giustina ^a   Bellanca, Fiamma ^b   Sanacore, Maria ^a   Vaccarino, Loredana ^a   Rini, Giovan Battista ^a   Caruso, Calogero ^a   Cillari, Enrico ^b   Lio, Domenico ^a   Mansueto, Serafino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SICILY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 67249107646     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00121-09     Document Type: Article

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