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NRAMP1/SLC11A1 gene polymorphisms and host susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. leprae in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Mar 2010
Hatta Mochammad, Ratnawati, Tanaka Motoko, Ito Jun, Shirakawa Toshiro, Kawabata Masato
Abstract excerpt
Genetic host factor may play an important role in controlling mycobacterial infections such as tuberculosis and leprosy. Natural resistance associated macrophage protein1 (Nramp1, alias Slc11a1) gene has been suggested to an associated gene of the host susceptibility to mycobacterium infection. To determine the association of Nramp1/Slc11a1 with tuberculosis and leprosy, we analyzed using polymerase chain...
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