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Susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in HIV-positive patients is associated with CARD8 genetic variant.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 Jun 2013
Pontillo Alessandra, Carvalho Marcia S, Kamada Anselmo J, Moura Ronald, Schindler Haiana C, Duarte Alberto J S, Crovella Sergio
Abstract excerpt
HLA and other genetic variants, playing an important role in innate and adaptive immunity, are known to influence tuberculosis (TB) development in HIV-1-positive (HIV+) patients. Because inflammasome genes contribute to HIV-1 susceptibility, we investigated the possible association between polymo...
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