Dengue Fever

Data on Dengue Fever Published by A.R. Garcia-Trejo and Colleagues

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 1st, 2011

2011 NOV 1 -- "Increased levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in patients with dengue have been reported. Various polymorphisms have been identified in the promoter region of the TNF-alpha gene that may affect its transcription," scientists writing in the journal Acta Tropica report.

"The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between polymorphisms of TNF-alpha gene and the genetic susceptibility to dengue fever in a group of patients from Morelos State, Mexico. The TNF-alpha polymorphisms (positions 238 and 308) were determined by PCR-RFLP technique in 130 patients with dengue (85 with dengue fever and 45 with...

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