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Association of Ficolin-2 Serum Levels and FCN2 Genetic Variants with Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Mishra Anshuman, Antony Justin S, Sundaravadivel Pandarisamy, Tong Hoang Van, Meyer Christian G, Jalli Reshma D, Velavan Thirumalaisamy P, Thangaraj Kumarasamy
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), one of the neglected tropical diseases, is endemic in the Indian subcontinent. Ficolins are circulating serum proteins of the lectin complement system and involved in innate immunity. METHODS: We have estimated ficolin-2 serum levels and analyzed the funct...
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