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Impact of passive smoking, cooking with solid fuel exposure, and MBL/MASP-2 gene polymorphism upon susceptibility to tuberculosis.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Dec 2014
Chen Mengshi, Deng Jing, Su Congxu, Li Jun, Wang Mian, Abuaku Benjamin Kwaku, Hu ShiMin, Tan Hongzhuan, Wen Shi Wu
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BACKGROUND: To explore the impact of passive smoking, cooking with solid fuel, mannose-binding lectin (MBL) gene, MBL-associated serine proteases 2 (MASP-2) gene, and gene-environment interactions on the susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) in non-smokers. METHODS: A total of 205 TB patients and 216 healthy controls were recruited to participate in this case-control study. PCR with sequence-specific primers...
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