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Interleukin-18 single nucleotide polymorphisms contribute to the susceptibility to brucellosis in Iranian patients.
Cytokine - 1 Jun 2011
Rasouli Manoochehr, Kalani Mehdi, Moravej Ali, Kiany Simin
Abstract excerpt
It seems that IL-18 has a crucial role in immunity against Brucella infection. Since the expression of IL-18 can be affected by polymorphisms in its gene, we decided to investigate any probable relationship between the six different IL-18 gene polymorphisms and brucellosis. A total of 193 patients with brucellosis and 83 healthy farmers who consumed contaminated raw milk and dairy products from the animals with...
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