Association between MBL2 haplotypes and dengue severity in children from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

BACKGROUND Dengue is an arthropod-borne viral disease with a majority of asymptomatic individuals and clinical manifestations varying from mild fever to severe and potentially lethal forms. An increasing number of genetic studies have outlined the association between host genetic variations and den...

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Main Authors: Alice Maria de Magalhães Ornelas, Caroline Xavier-de-Carvalho, Lucia Elena Alvarado-Arnez, Marcelo Ribeiro-Alves, Átila Duque Rossi, Amilcar Tanuri, Renato Santana de Aguiar, Milton Ozório Moraes, Cynthia Chester Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2019-05-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762019000100326&lng=en&tlng=en