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Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype strains is associated with polymorphisms in SLC11A1/NRAMP1 in Indonesian patients with tuberculosis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2009
van Crevel Reinout, Parwati Ida, Sahiratmadja Edhyana, Marzuki Sangkot, Ottenhoff Tom H M, Netea Mihai G, van der Ven Andre, Nelwan Ronald H, van der Meer Jos W, Alisjahbana Bachti, van de Vosse Esther
Abstract excerpt
Differences in host immune genes may predispose to tuberculosis caused by particular Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes. We examined this hypothesis in Indonesia by spoligotyping M. tuberculosis isolates recovered from 336 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and typing the patients' SLC11A1 ge...
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