Article
Role of IL6, IL12B and VDR gene polymorphisms in Plasmodium vivax malaria severity, parasitemia and gametocytemia levels in an Amazonian Brazilian population.
Cytokine - 1 Jan 2014
Sortica Vinicius A, Cunha Maristela G, Ohnishi Maria D O, Souza Jose M, Ribeiro-dos-Santos Ândrea K C, Santos Sidney E B, Hutz Mara H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of IL6, IL12B and VDR single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax infection symptoms intensity, parasitemia and gametocytemia levels in a Brazilian Amazonian population. METHODS: A total of 167 malaria patients infected by P. vivax have parasitemia and gametocytemia levels estimated before treatment. Fourteen clinical symptoms were evaluated and...
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