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Effectiveness of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine in an Indonesian population with D543N NRAMP1 polymorphism.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 15 Jan 2015
Putera Ikhwanuliman, Pakasi Trevino A, Syahmar Ikrar, Bramantyo Aulia A, Karyadi Elvina, Melani Ani, Sahiratmadja Edhyana
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination remains a routine immunization in primary care in tuberculosis (TB)-endemic areas, though several studies found that its efficacy was inconclusive. Natural resistance-asociated machrophage protein 1 (NRAMP1) polymorphism has been shown to result in higher susceptibility to TB. Information on genetic susceptibility in populations will be useful in planning...
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