Hospitalization Risk Due to Respiratory Illness Associated with Genetic Variation at IFITM3 in Patients with Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Infection: A Case-Control Study.

Recent studies suggest an association between the Interferon Inducible Transmembrane 3 (IFITM3) rs12252 variant and the course of influenza infection. However, it is not clear whether the reported association relates to influenza infection severity. The aim of this study was to estimate the hospital...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vânia Gaio, Baltazar Nunes, Pedro Pechirra, Patrícia Conde, Raquel Guiomar, Carlos Matias Dias, Marta Barreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4924831?pdf=render