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Association of KIR genotypes and haplotypes with syphilis in a Chinese Han population.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Mar 2012
Zhuang Y L, Song Y, Zhu C, Zhang Y, Wang D, Nie X, Liu Y, Ren G J
Abstract excerpt
Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) can regulate the activation of NK and T cells in response to infection. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum spirochete bacterium. The objective of this study was to explore whether KIR genotypes and haplotypes were associated with syphilis in a Chinese Han population. Polymerase chain reaction with...
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