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No evidence of association between MBL2A/O polymorphisms and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in populations from the Brazilian Amazon region.
Human immunology - 1 Jan 2013
Araújo Mauro S, Graça Ednelza S, Azevedo Vânia N, Cayres-Vallinoto Izaura, Machado Luiz Fernando A, Ishak Marluisa O G, Ishak Ricardo, Vallinoto Antonio C R
Abstract excerpt
The present study investigated the prevalence of the polymorphisms in the exon 1 of the MBL2 gene in patients with tuberculosis at a hospital in northern Brazil, which is a regional reference for the treatment of the disease. The study group was composed of 167 patients with tuberculosis, 34 of which had the extra-pulmonary form of the disease, while the other 133 had the pulmonary type. The control group...
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