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Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and typhoid fever in Vietnam.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2009
Nguyen Thi Hue, Mai Ngoc Lanh, Le Thi Phuong, Ha Vinh, Nguyen Tran Chinh, Tran Tinh Hien, Nguyen T Hieu, Farrar Jeremy J, Dunstan Sarah J
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the host genetic susceptibility to typhoid fever may provide a better understanding of pathogenesis and help in the development of new therapeutics and vaccines. Here we determine the genetic variation within the human TLR4 gene encoding the principal receptor for bacterial endotoxin recognition in typhoid fever patients. It is possible that genetic variants of TLR4 could detrimentally affect the...
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