Vitamin D binding protein polymorphism protects against development of blastomycosis.

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Blastomycosis is an uncommon endemic fungal infection. It is presumed that in the endemic regions, the number of exposed individuals is significantly greater than those in whom clinical manifestations develop. We conducted a case-control study of individuals with clinical blastomycosis and controls with similar exposure but who did not develop disease. A genetic association was observed between the Gc-2 allele of...

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