Cytokine expression profile of dengue patients at different phases of illness

• Main Authors: Rathakrishnan, A., Wang, S.M., Hu, Y.L., Khan, A.M., Ponnampalavanar, S., Lum, L.C.S., Manikam, R., Sekaran, S.D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10631/1/Rathakrishnan-2012-Cytokine_Expression.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/10631/

Background: Dengue is an important medical problem, with symptoms ranging from mild dengue fever to severe forms of the disease, where vascular leakage leads to hypovolemic shock. Cytokines have been implicated to play a role in the progression of severe dengue disease; however, their profile in den...