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Genetic susceptibility to chronic Chagas disease: an overview of single nucleotide polymorphisms of cytokine genes.
Cytokine - 1 Aug 2012
Vasconcelos Romero H T, Montenegro Silvia M L, Azevedo Elisa A N, Gomes Yara M, Morais Clarice N L
Abstract excerpt
Chagas disease is a parasitic infection that is a significant public health problem in Latin America. The mechanisms responsible for susceptibility to the infection and the mechanisms involved in the development of cardiac and digestive forms of chronic Chagas disease remain poorly understood. However, there is growing evidence that differences in susceptibility in endemic areas may be attributable to host...
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