Confirmation of an association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in the VDR gene with respiratory syncytial virus related disease in South African Children

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1834-1840

  Kresfelder, T L ^a   Janssen, R ^b   Bont, L ^c   Venter, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allele; Disease susceptibility; Genotype; Heterozygous; Homozygous

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C JUN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA;

BRONCHIOLITIS; FEMALE; GENES, JUN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 80051582182     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22179     Document Type: Article

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