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Genetic Polymorphisms in Cytokine Genes in Colombian Patients with Ocular Toxoplasmosis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 2018
Naranjo-Galvis C A, de-la-Torre A, Mantilla-Muriel L E, Beltrán-Angarita L, Elcoroaristizabal-Martín X, McLeod R, Alliey-Rodriguez N, Begeman I J, López de Mesa C, Gómez-Marín J E, Sepúlveda-Arias J C
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasmosis is caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which has the capacity to infect all warm-blooded animals worldwide. Toxoplasmosis is a major cause of visual defects in the Colombian population; however, the association between genetic polymorphisms in cytokine genes and susceptibility to ocular toxoplasmosis has not been studied in this population. This work evaluates the...
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