No Major Host Genetic Risk Factor Contributed to A(H1N1)2009 Influenza Severity.

While most patients affected by the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic experienced mild symptoms, a small fraction required hospitalization, often without concomitant factors that could explain such a severe course. We hypothesize that host genetic factors could contribute to aggravate the disease. To test...

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Main Authors: Koldo Garcia-Etxebarria, María Alma Bracho, Juan Carlos Galán, Tomàs Pumarola, Jesús Castilla, Raúl Ortiz de Lejarazu, Mario Rodríguez-Dominguez, Inés Quintela, Núria Bonet, Marc Garcia-Garcerà, Angela Domínguez, Fernando González-Candelas, Francesc Calafell, CIBERESP Cases and Controls in Pandemic Influenza Working Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4574704?pdf=render