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HLA-B57 and gender influence the occurrence of tuberculosis in HIV infected people of south India.
Clinical & developmental immunology - 1 Jan 2011
Jagannathan Latha, Chaturvedi Mrinalini, Satish Bhuthaiah, Satish Kadappa Shivappa, Desai Anita, Subbakrishna D K, Satishchandra Parthasarathy, Pitchappan Ramasamy, Balakrishnan Kamala, Kondaiah Paturu, Ravi Vasanthapuram
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BACKGROUND: Substantial evidence exists for HLA and other host genetic factors being determinants of susceptibility or resistance to infectious diseases. However, very little information is available on the role of host genetic factors in HIV-TB coinfection. Hence, a longitudinal study was undertaken to investigate HLA associations in a cohort of HIV seropositive individuals with and without TB in Bangalore,...
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