IL10 and influenza: A study by Joel Martinez-Ocana et al. [25], demonstrated that IL-10 production in all viral-infected patients were elevated, and another study claimed that genotypes GG and TG of IL-10 (rs1800872) had significant association with the increased risk of severe influenza infection, however, in our study IL-10 SNPs in three patient groups did not show any association with viral infection or ILI (Tables 6, 7 and 8).