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Association of IL-10 and CCL5 single nucleotide polymorphisms with tuberculosis in the Sudanese population.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Sept 2013
Mhmoud Najwa, Fahal Ahmed, Wendy van de Sande W J
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the genetic determinants for developing tuberculosis in Sudan. METHODS: Case study of 232 patients with tuberculosis and 206 healthy matched controls from Sudan. In the study population, three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the promoter regions of CCL5 and two in the promoter region of IL-10 were genotyped using polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length...
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