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Immunogenetics of mycobacterial infections in the North Indian population.
Tissue antigens - 1 Apr 2007
Singh M, Balamurugan A, Katoch K, Sharma S K, Mehra N K
Abstract excerpt
Several lines of evidence highlight the genetic basis of risk to develop mycobacterial diseases. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR2 alleles (DRB1*1501 and DRB1*1502) have been found to be strongly associated with mycobacterial disease, especially the more severe forms such as lepromatous leprosy and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis. In this study, DNA-based high-resolution typing techniques of polymerase...
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