Thalassemia traits may modulate protective mir-155 levels in dengue infection

Affiliations

¹ THAI StemLife, 566/3 Soi Ramkhamhaeng 39 (Thepleela 1), Prachaouthit Rd, Wangthonglang, Wangthonglang, Bangkok, 10310, Thailand. kostas@thaistemlife.co.th.
² Occupational and Environmental Health Services, Feelgood Lund, Ideon Science Park, Scheelevägen 17, Lund, 223 63, Sweden.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, 2 Simei Street 3, 529889, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119228, Singapore.

Konstantinos I Papadopoulos et al. Med Microbiol Immunol. 2025.

. 2025 May 29;214(1):27.

doi: 10.1007/s00430-025-00839-x.

¹ THAI StemLife, 566/3 Soi Ramkhamhaeng 39 (Thepleela 1), Prachaouthit Rd, Wangthonglang, Wangthonglang, Bangkok, 10310, Thailand. kostas@thaistemlife.co.th.
² Occupational and Environmental Health Services, Feelgood Lund, Ideon Science Park, Scheelevägen 17, Lund, 223 63, Sweden.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, 2 Simei Street 3, 529889, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119228, Singapore.

No abstract available

Keywords: Dengue; Malaria; Mir-155; SARS-CoV-2; Thalassemia.

Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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