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High levels of plasma interferon gamma and +874T/A gene polymorphism is associated with HIV-TB co-infection.
Human immunology - 1 Dec 2016
Gutlapalli V R, Sykam Aparna, Tenali Sandeep P, Suneetha Sujai, Suneetha Lavanya M
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OBJECTIVE: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most frequent opportunistic infections in HIV patients leading to increased morbidity and death rate. This study was carried out to investigate the role of the cytokines IFN-γ and TNF-α level and their single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in HIV-TB co-infection. METHODS: 247 HIV-TB (124 HIV-pulmonary TB, 123 HIV-extra pulmonary TB), 126 HIV positive individuals without...
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