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Association of cytokine gene polymorphisms in patients with tuberculosis and their household contacts.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Mar 2014
Sivangala R, Ponnana M, Thada S, Joshi L, Ansari S, Hussain H, Valluri V, Gaddam S
Abstract excerpt
Cytokine gene polymorphisms are known to be associated with functional differences in cytokine regulation and may affect host susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB). Contacts are important group in developing tuberculosis infection and are 10-60 times more likely to develop TB than general population. The present study was carried out in patients with TB (N = 176), their household contacts (HHC; N = 155) from Free...
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